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How To Build A Pole Barn Step By Step | Mother Earth News
WEBFeb 4, 2023 · The steps to pole-building success are simple: Create a level base pad (if you want more than just the earth underfoot), set poles vertically into holes in the ground, connect them across the top ...
How to Build an A-Frame House - Mother Earth News
WEBJul 8, 2022 · An A-frame can be built to almost any size simply by varying the number of triangles and their dimensions, but a cabin with a sleeping loft must have rafters at least 20 feet long to allow ...
Make a Biogas Generator to Produce Your Own Natural Gas
WEBJan 3, 2022 · by Isaac Marquez. A 200-gallon biogas generator in Oregon turns 15 pounds of food waste into cooking fuel daily. As food and yard waste decompose, methane and carbon dioxide are created, inflating ...
How to Make Paper From Plants – Mother Earth News
WEBOct 3, 2023 · When you make paper by hand with plant fibers from your own backyard, you’ll participate in a long-practiced art and connect with plants around you — just as you grow your own bright, oddly ...
Living in Quonset Hut Homes - Mother Earth News
WEBOct 23, 2022 · by Kristin Grant. Quonset huts are lightweight structures of corrugated galvanized steel that doesn’t require interior wall supports. Read this five-year retrospective on what it’s like living ...
Green Potato Myths and 10 Steps to Safe Potato Eating
WEBSep 4, 2015 · Root cellar storing potatoes. 10 Steps to Safe and Healthy Potato Eating. 1. When you grow potatoes, try to cover them fully with soil or mulch, so that they are not exposed to light.
Wick Watering: Simple and Efficient – Mother Earth News
WEBAug 9, 2022 · Wick irrigation uses a wettable fabric or rope to carry water from a reservoir or pipe to the roots of a plant. Wick watering can work by capillary flow that goes up and over a rise, resulting in ...
How to Make a DIY Water Filtration System Using Sand or Gravel
WEBJan 7, 2022 · For our purposes of DIYing a water filter system, you'll want to use more natural materials like sand and gravel or small rocks. Water is something most people take for granted because it’s so ...
How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool | Mother Earth News
WEBJun 8, 2022 · The cheapest and most ecologically sound way to build a swimming pool is simply to hollow a hole in the ground. You can make your pool as shallow or as deep as you want, but the key is to make ...
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