Category: Self Sufficiency

How To Make A Chicken Water Heater In 4 Minutes

How To Make A Chicken Water Heater In 4 Minutes Do you live in an area where the temperatures may dip below freezing during the winter? One thing you may need to do when this occurs is to thaw the water that is for your chickens. Thawing water can take a lot of time unless …

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DIY Sock Reindeer Pattern

DIY Sock Reindeer Pattern These sock reindeer have got their festive on, with jingle bells around their necks and wearing Christmas hooded onesies. Adorable!! Joanne from Craft Passion shares a free pattern for making them.  Materials: Make: 1 1. Sock (crew length), Christmas theme, microfiber / fuzzy / chenille socks, adult size, solid color, single 2. …

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20 Ingenious Ways To Use Silica Gel That You Never Knew

20 Ingenious Ways To Use Silica Gel That You Never Knew Silica gel is most commonly encountered in everyday life as beads in a small paper packet. It is used as a desiccant to control local humidity to avoid spoilage or degradation of goods. Because silica gel can have added chemical indicators and absorbs moisture …

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Growing Dwarf Fruit Trees

Growing Dwarf Fruit Trees Miniature trees are popular with backyard and balcony gardeners who want small amounts of several fruit varieties. Growing dwarf fruit trees in containers makes them easier to prune and harvest. Younger trees bear fruit faster. Lee from Lady Lee’s Home has written a fab article to give you all of the details …

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Build a Garden Greenhouse with Old Windows

Build a Garden Greenhouse with Old Windows If you’re looking to start seeds indoors and realize that you don’t have enough windows space to sprout seeds indoors, or don’t want to raise your electrical bill by installing grow lights, building a greenhouse from recycled and salvaged items might be the solution you need. This step …

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