If you’ve ever had to install a new driveway on a piece of land (or redo an existing driveway) you know how expensive this project can be. In this post, I’ll share with you the cheapest way to pave a driveway. We saved a lot of money using this method! Update… I wrote this post…
Join me as I build my chickens a chicken coop from pallet wood. This was a fun and affordable project and the chickens loved their new home! Lady Lee’s Notes… This pallet wood chicken coop was my first solo building project (freshly divorced and wanted nothing to do with a man… handy or not!). As…
In this post, I will show you how to tan a rabbit hide. You can use this method to tan any small animal hide. This is fur-on tanning, which means we are leaving the fur on the hide. Let’s do this! I have ruined eight rabbit hides in the past year. Do you know that…
This homemade DIY pallet bookshelf is very simple to build and costs next to nothing! You’ll only need a few materials and a couple of basic tools. It’s simple, beautiful and strong, and it can carry the weight of books easily! I used to have a very basic living room. A single-mother-of-four living room where…
Installing thin brick is relatively easy and a great DIY project. Thin bricks are light and can be installed on many surfaces. In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install thin brick on the floor or the wall. I’ve wanted a woodstove for many years. This year, I finally decided that it…
Are you looking for an affordable and easy-to-set deer fence? I think that this fishing line deer fence might be the right solution for you! You might be surprised at how effective a simple fishing line can be when it comes to keeping deer out of your garden. Dear Deer, from my young, fresh, green…
These DIY concrete pavers are very simple to make. It takes some physical labor, but these concrete pavers are simple and allow you to get really creative. This is a very affordable DIY concrete walkway that is pretty and strong! (View the full video in the How-To card below) A few years ago, I built…
I hope that this crushed concrete driveway will give you some ideas on the possible alternatives that are available when it comes to paving an affordable driveway. Lady Lee’s Note… It’s hard to believe that my farm’s driveway is 10 years old! I still drive on it, and it’s still functioning well however, it’s in…
In this post, we are going to go over almost 50 ways to prevent and treat chigger bites. If you’ve ever experienced chigger bites I’m sure you know how horrible they are. I want to give you all the options there are to prevent and treat chigger bites so you can look and find something…
This is a step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make goat milk soap. I am using goat milk in this recipe but, in fact, you can use this as your basic recipe and actually use any kind of milk you have. I love having this basic soap recipe. This goat milk soap recipe is easy…
In this post, I’ll show you how to process buckwheat and how to make buckwheat flour. This is not the “right” way to do it… Just my way but it worked for me and I was able to dehull buckwheat, mill it, and make my own buckwheat flour. You can make your own buckwheat flour…
If you are researching alternative building methods, this post is for you. Maybe you have a piece of land and you are getting ready to build a house, maybe you would like to build your own home in the future, or maybe you are just curious. Whatever the reason is, I am happy you are…
We are going to learn a simple way to extract the deer brain. If you are interested in tanning deer hides with brains, then this post is for you! I will link below to my step by step tutorial on tanning deer hides with brains. This post will help you understand how to extract deer…
In this post, we are going to talk about bamboo screening. I’ve had the chance to learn so much about bamboo from someone who is very passionate about it and I’d like to share my experience and this information with you. I had no clue that bamboo was so useful and that it could be…
Keeping bees has always been my dream! After a lot of research, I decided to go with a top bar hive instead of the more common Langstroth hive. One of the reasons what that the design of a top bar hive is simple and I knew that I’ll be aboe to build one very cheaply…
In this post, I’ll show you how to build a dog house cheap from a barrel. We used materials that we already had around the yard so it really didn’t cost us a thing, but even if you need to buy the barrel you can find them really cheap on Craigslist. It is a quick…
This is a how to tan a deer hide step-by-step picture tutorial that will send you on your way to tanning deer hides successfully. I remember how frustrated I got when I searched online for simple instructions on tanning hides and could find nothing that made it actually possible for me to feel like I…
This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to weave a basket. This is a round basket that is very simple and fun to make. I use it for eggs and tomatoes. It’s a great, fun project for anyone who likes craft and whats to learn the basics of basket making and it’s also a great…