Do-It-Yourself

How to Make a Pumpkin Bird Feeder: A Fun and Festive Way to Recycle Leftover Pumpkins As the Halloween festivities come to an end, many of us find ourselves wondering what to do with our leftover pumpkins. Rather than tossing them in the trash, why not upcycle these seasonal decorations …

Keep The Bugs Away With These Homemade Bug Sprays Spending time outside is a favorite pastime, but dealing with bugs that won’t leave you alone is fun for no one. Everyone needs to have a recipe or two for homemade bug sprays that they can keep in diaper bags or …

Homemade Bug Repellents: Effective, Non-Toxic Solutions for Bug-Free Living When it comes to keeping bugs at bay, commercial repellents often contain chemicals that can raise concerns about their impact on our health. Thankfully, there are natural alternatives available. In this article, we present a collection of homemade bug repellent recipes …

10 Ways to Use Dandelions Spring brings a field of yellow in your front and back yards. Dandelions have a bad reputation for being a pesky weed that grows in sidewalk chalks, but our ancestors knew that those yellow flowers have dozens of uses and health benefits. Dandelions are edible; …

8 Natural Methods for Banishing Ticks from Your Garden Ticks can be dangerous, carrying diseases that can harm you or your family. Ticks might be small, but the health problems they can carry are not small. Lyme disease happens to be one of the most common infections carried by ticks, …

Off Grid Window Box Solar Heater Doubles As a Sun Oven! Solar heaters are gaining popularity and with good reason- they provide FREE heat. This design uses solar fans to move the heat into the room so its totally off grid and will work during a power outage. Because it …

6 Projects to Keep Your House Warm All Winter Has Jack Frost paid a visit to your neighborhood? Has the outside temperatures turned the inside of your home into a winter wonderland? Has soaring heating bills taken your mood out of the Christmas spirit? For many people, that time of …

How to Re-Make Sweat Pants Sunny days and warmer temperatures are here for a lot of us. While you switch over your clothes from winter sweaters and long-johns to shorts and summer dresses, make sure not to though those old beloved sweat pants away quite yet. Here is a great DIY …

There are so many uses for empty food and drinks containers. From use as a storage container to use as dispenser, to being used as a tool, these containers are very versatile and reusing and repurposing can lead to many DIY projects.Thanks to buzzfeed.com for these very ingenious ways to use …

  You may not know it, but your lawn mower can be converted into a generator that will provide auxiliary power to your home during an emergency. This conversion, which can be handled by most do-it-yourselfers, is accomplished by re-purposing the motor and adding an additional power unit.   Dependent …