Home & Gardening DIY Blogs & Ideas

You don’t need years’ worth of experience to build something useful, just the willingness to swing a hammer and follow a good plan. This pillar gathers step-by-step projects and building plans for sheds and other outbuildings, crafts, garden and yard projects, the tools you’ll need, and fixes and upgrades for your home.

DIY Building & Construction Articles

Double Cattle-Panel Greenhouse Plans

Alyssa Warner

Root Cellar Alternatives

Colette Kenny

Quiz: Greenhouse Readiness Audit

Staff

Passive-Solar Winter Wisconsin Greenhouse

Amanda and Ben Caldwell

How to Build a Root Cellar with SIPs

Mike Johnson

Crafting Articles & Ideas

Best Homemade Skincare Gift Ideas

Bevin Cohen

Make the best homemade skincare gifts with everyday flowers and herbs, creating natural balms, lotions, and salves. Many common weeds that might be considered the scourge of the garden are actually valuable herbal allies. These wild herbs can be harvested and used to create a plethora of helpful, healing products. Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major), dandelion […]

How to Start a Homemade Soap Business

Melanie Teegarden

Quiz: Which Homemade Product Should You Learn to Make Next?

Staff

How to Make Cloth Banners

Lindsay Krage

DIY Pig Feeding Trough

Chris Peterson

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DIY Manual Deep Well Water Pump Wondering how to make a hand pump water well? Make a homemade PVC manual deep well water pump, that pumps water as deep as 60 feet, in case you're experiencing any power outages.

How to Make a Solar Water Distiller: DIY Solar Projects Construct this simple solar still DIY project. Once you learn how to make a solar water distiller, you'll never need to buy distilled water again!

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Garden and Yard Articles & Ideas

How to Make Black Garlic at Home

Andrea Cross

What is black garlic? Rather than a variety, it’s a process related to curing garlic bulbs. Learn how to make black garlic at home for a gourmet ingredient rare in the U.S. “Do you sell black garlic?” I have been asked this question with increasing frequency over the last few years. Although black garlic has […]

PVC Hoop House Plans with PDF

Steve Maxwell