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Making Charcoal
Making Charcoal A quick demonstration of a simple and fool proof way of making high quality charcoal. This method can be scaled up or down to fit your needs. It’s so simple that you’ll even have time to roast a few marshmallows while you’re cooking your charcoal.
Handy PVC Pipe Hacks to Use Around the House
PVC pipe can be used for a lot of things, from holding tools to creating frames or irrigation systems. They also represent the perfect material that can make life around the house a little bit easier as well. Let’s take a look at a few ingenious ideas that may be useful, and maybe they will …
Primitive Fishing Tool – The Gorge Hook
Primitive Fishing Tool – The Gorge Hook The Gorge Hook is a highly effective and simple to make primitive fishing tool… In this episode I demonstrate how to make, bait, and use the gorge hook in an actual fishing situation. This tool is among the simplest of the primitive fishing hooks. It is in essence …
How to make Chimney-Jet alcohol stove
How to make Chimney-Jet alcohol stove Chimney stoves work by creating an updraft through the stove that feeds the flame with oxygen and by having the flame start inside the stove which causes it to really heat up and vaporize more fuel. The simplest versions are singled walled while others are doubled walled. The heat …
Lessons from the Past: WWII Rationing in Britain
Lessons from the Past: WWII Rationing in Britain WWII literally choked the British Isles until the United States finally intervened in the war in Europe after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Because the United Kingdom is an island, there are a limited amount of resources that can be produced domestically. This put the nation in …
How to Make Homemade Yogurt the Easy Way
How to Make Homemade Yogurt the Easy Way Yogurt is a delicious and nutritious dairy product, but most store-bought items are over-priced and loaded with additives. Yogurt is also known to jump-start certain process in the body that can boost metabolism, promote weight loss and enhance the efficiency of the digestive system. A serving of …
How to Build an Electric Fence
How to Build an Electric Fence You can build an electric fence from some basic materials and significantly enhance the security of your perimeter. It is also surprisingly easy to build an electric fence as long as you obtain the right material. Let’s look at a general guideline that illustrates the basics, and you can …
Making staghorn sumac bread.
Making staghorn sumac bread. Foraging for wild food, staghorn sumac or Smooth Sumac or (Rhus typhina, synonym: R. hirta), Preparation of the beverage is simple. The first step is to harvest the berries. Sumac “berries” are really just seeds covered with a thin coating of flavoring substance and hairs. The large clusters are so easy …
CHEAP HEAT FROM METAL, CANDLES AND FLOWER POTS
CHEAP HEAT FROM METAL, CANDLES AND FLOWER POTS This burned for about 4 hours and that is amazing! any size candle can be used.
How To Make A Crawfish/Crayfish Pillow Trap. Step by Step.
How To Make A Crawfish/Crayfish Pillow Trap. Step by Step. Step by step instructions on how to make a Crawfish/Crayfish pillow trap. The traps I use in Minnesota were not legal here in Louisiana so I needed different traps. After calling wildlife and fisheries down here and figuring out what was legal it was …