You can make your back yard patio more private with great screens that you can build yourself. It’s easy enough to be creative and combine them with flowers, hanging pots, an herb garden or anything else you would love to have around your patio.
While you’re developing your self-sufficiency and perhaps even working towards living off-the-grid, it’s good to remember there are simple, basic skills that are easy to learn and apply that result in saving a lot of money, increasing the skills you need to improve your family’s survival and perhaps could lead to being able to barter for what you need in your community.
This is a simple and effective project to create firewood racks and keep the firewood you need close to your house. It makes getting the firewood inside a lot easier when it’s cold!
In our last blog post, we discussed why pruning in your forest or garden is important to do. When pruning with your hand saw or loppers, you end up with the resulting cut branches.
As a homeowner, pruning can even be a matter of safety for house and property.
We came across this image showing a great DIY outdoor movie theater. They made good use of recycled materials including old car seats, PVC and more.
If you’re curious about what you should have available for emergency supplies and not sure how to go about organizing it, check this link for a basic list of non-food items to put into your emergency kit.
Perhaps you’ll never need to use survival skills. But, it certainly can’t hurt to be prepared. Isn’t it better to ensure you and your family members know how to survive no matter the situation they find themselves in?
Check this article at a great site discussing preparedness and how to go about moving towards self-sufficiency. Not doom and gloom but preparation with optimism! Thanks to Backdoor Survival for an article that lays out simple, do-able steps to take to ensure you and your family can prepare and become more and more self-sufficient.
The EverSaw 8.0 is an exceptional folding hand saw useful for a variety of purposes. It’s small enough to easily fit in the hand allowing for good control.
