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Kitchen Storage Solutions: Pantry Storage Tips & Cabinet Organization Tips - Article
Use closet racks as cabinet organizers. Trim the racks to length with a hacksaw and then mount screws to the back side of the face frame to hold the racks in place.
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Over the last couple of weeks there has been an article from treehugger.com floating around Facebook, Reddit, and Pinterest highlighting Korean designer, Jihyun Ryou’s five creative ways to store food without a fridge. The designer’s goal was “re-introducing and re-evaluating traditional oral knowledge of food, which is closer to nature,” by using objects to make this knowledge visible. The designs are super modern looking with clean lines and things like sand and water mounted to your wall.
Practical Ways to Store Food without a Fridge « The Lazy Homesteader
Since my post last week when we unplugged the fridge I’ve gotten a lot of questions (mainly on my facebook page) about meat.
Where’s the Meat? « The Lazy Homesteader
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An alternative on-site waste recycling system that reduces pollution and creates safe and nutrient-rich fertilizer for gardens and farms.
LBEEC: Passive Solar Composting Toilet
Solar Composting Toilet - Dunton Farms
This is one of those important projects that took a long time to reach the top of the project list. It is too inconvenient to be working in the barnyard or fields and run up to the house whenever the situation arises. Additionally, we were just not set up to accommodate visitors.
Natural Building Resources: The Sunny John Moldering Toilet
One of the most basic characteristics of any human community is how it deals with its body "wastes." Rich societies have developed quite complicated and expensive systems for removing human wastes from houses and cities, usually by dumping them, treated to one degree or another, into subsoils or bodies of water.
Our Current Composting Toilet and Graywater System
- Barrel Composting Toilet For the past 5 years we have been developing a composting toilet design that is simple, inexpensive and easy to replicate, yet also meets most of the design considerations addressed on our Composting Toilet Regulations page.The Barrel Composting Toilet system is similar to our Bucket-to-Barrel Composting Toilet system, except that it is designed to function without the bucket aspect.
Variation on Our Current Composting Toilet System
As my husband and I began mapping out the interior of our rustic shed-turned-cabin in Montana, he knew we wouldn’t have plumbing, and I knew I didn’t want to deal with chemicals or smells. With two small children and weather that can range from -20 to 85-degrees Fahrenheit, we also didn’t want to deal with schlepping outside for potty breaks.
How to Make a Composting Toilet
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Question: Once I decide to have a well drilled, what is my first step?How to Install a Metal Roof > Handyman Club of America
When I built the combination shed/ playhouse featured in the June/July 2010 issue of HANDY (see “Double-Duty Shed,” p. 40), I could have used any roofing material. I chose Pro-Panel II roofing (manufactured by Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. in Rogers, Minnesota) because it has a commercial appearance that complements the shed’s style.Farm and Garden
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Build a Home for $10,000 in 10 Days!
Interesting idea, but would have to learn a lot about processing lumber to execute this. Also needs lots of local timber. by Nov 6
Sustainable Living Skills: Stone Masonry, Log House, Alternative Construction. Build your own home!
Great inspiring website. Author's story about building a solar stone house with extremely low income. by Nov 6