DIY Projects from Mother Earth News

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August 13, 2005
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Do It Yourself Homesteading Plans

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Self-watering Sprout Cabinet
A great place to sprout all of the beans and peas your family can consume, this plywood sprouting cabinet can produce up to 40 pounds of mature, crunchy, vitamin-packed sprouts. Includes easy step-by-step instructions for building the cabinet and tips on how to successfully produce the sprouts. Plan # 750 

Camp Kitchen Trailer
This consolidated kitchen and storage trailer is just the thing for organizing and transporting all your food and cooking supplies for a weekend or week in the woods. It includes a 'cool' box plus a storage bin for tent poles. Three pages of illustrations, instructions and a materials list are included. Plan # 773 

Mom's Hydraulic Super Splitter Log Splitter 
In about 20 hours' time, with a little bit of scrounging, you can build this gas-powered, hydraulic log splitter with wheels, to make the task of firewood splitting much easier. Three pages of instructions, photos and materials list are included. Plan # 757 

Turn Your Pickup Truck Into A Dump Truck 
From a 1985 article in Mother Earth News, learn to build this wonderful hydraulic dump bed for your truck. The inventor used the power-steering pump to run the hydraulic lift. Includes two pages of instructions, materials list, photos, illustrations and a section on hydraulics theory. Plan # 3600 

Mother's Mini Tractor: Part I, Part II, Part III 
Make lawn and garden work easier with a lawn tractor to help. From a 1982 Mother Earth News article, learn how to build your own 17-horse power garden tractor for much less than buying one from the store. The plan includes five pages of instructions, illustrations, photos and a materials list. 
Plan # 3598 

Little Red Barn
For your backyard or small farm, this 8-by-12-foot barn offers space for chickens, goats or horse tack, plus 40 bales of hay in the loft. With the two shed additions on each side, this barn gives weather protection to horses or other livestock, as well as storage for small farm equipment. Plan includes three pages of illustrations, instructions and a materials list. Plan # 777 

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