Run your Dryer on Free Energy – Easy $$ Savings

Run your Dryer on Free Energy – Easy $$ Savings

Photo from by DrChill

This has to be one of the coolest DIY projects I have done in a while. Who doesn’t like FREE energy

After reading this instuctable article, I knew I  needed to do this to my dryer and make use of the solar heater I made a few years ago. The project is relatively simple and after you have done it you will start saving on your electricity bill almost instantly.

This is not for gas dryers, so if you have a gas dryer please do not attempt to do this modification. Check out the full article and get all the pictures and instructions below:

Run your Dryer on Free Energy – Easy $$ Savings

Prepping Is Not Once ‘N Done

Prepping Is Not Once ‘N Done

Graphic from Preparing for SHTF

This article by Preparing for SHTF speaks to the need for a flow with your prepping. Not just in food storage with the FIFO inventory method of first in first out, but with all the facets of being prepared. To continue reading on what maintaining your preps means see the titled link below

Prepping Is Not Once ‘N Done

How To Build a No Dig Garden

How To Build a No Dig Garden

Image Credit: allyoucaneatgardens.com.au

If you have poor soil or very hard clay soil the no dig garden is for you. If this is your first year growing vegetables this is also a great option to save you time and effort in digging it out.

You can build this type of garden on a slope too, you just have to add terraces (like a raised bed) to stop the contents falling away. I made a few of these a few years ago and they produced a great crop.

How To Build a No Dig Garden

The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear

The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear

photo from pearlsofprofundity

Economic hard times have hit the majority of the population in the majority of the world. How do we prepare for tomorrow while still having a life today? The article below gives you a starting point

The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear

Propagation of Fruit Bearing Trees by Air-Layering

Propagation of Fruit Bearing Trees by Air-Layering

Photo by by antoniraj

Most of us want to plant and grow fruit trees at our home garden or in an orchard for their tasty fruits. There are many ways a fruit tree can be propagated – from seeds, from a nursery-bought seedling or by means of Air-layering. The problem with growing fruit trees from seeds is that it may take very long to bear fruits – some times more than ten years – and there is no guarantee that the fruits will taste same as the one from which you got the seeds.

Air-layering is one method of propagating a fruit tree from an existing one, which will bear fruits sooner, and the fruits will taste same as the mother-plant. See how to do this below:

Propagation of Fruit Bearing Trees by Air-Layering

 

How To Build A Micro Generator For Around $90

How To Build A Micro Generator For Around $90

Image Credit: RoDuS1488

This easy Micro Generator project could come in very useful for camping and if the power goes out. It is small enough that it won’t get in the way and powerful enough to run a household .light bulb. If you can salvage or re-use some materials you could make this project even cheaper… maybe free if you have all of the materials listed.

How To Build A Micro Generator For Around $90

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

With bonus Split Pea and Potato Soup Recipe

Photo from SHTF & Prepping Central

If you are a lone wolf or have a limited budget and a solar oven is to expensive or to bulky for a bug out, then I have a simple small solution that’s easy to make and easy to carry. THE SOLAR COOKING JAR. This is so easy to make a child could do this…. Cooks well and cooks a meal for 1 quick! Read on at the link below

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

DIY Canning Jar Vacuum Sealer

Canning Jar Vacuum Sealer

Sealers can cost a pretty penny! So DIY!

DIY Canning Jar Vacuum Sealer

Pallets and Buckets

 Pallets and Buckets

Photo from SHTF & Prepping Central

To people who prepare, live green, and want to recycle and reuse, pallets and buckets are as good as gold. There are literally hundreds of uses for them and in many cases they can be gotten for free! For information on use and locating them continue reading at the link below

  Pallets and Buckets 

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