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DIY rain barrel
Did you know even half an inch of rain falling on a 1,000 square foot roof can yield 150 gallons of water? Here's a quick DIY guide to building your own on the cheap.
Solutions: Food
Starting seeds can seem a little bit intimidating at first, but it's actually quite easy and just so fun to watch your little seeds grow from a speck to a happy seedling.
Solutions: Power
Great news! You don't have to build a custom house to incorporate passive solar design into your life. In this post, methods are adapted from passive solar design principles to apply to your already-existing apartment or house, using affordable materials.
Make your own ginger beer in less than 5 minutes with this easy recipe. The best ginger beer you've ever had for a tiny fraction of the cost. Great for straight drinking, mixed drinks, and as anti-nausea medicine.
Did you know that you can make 5 gallons of cider in less than 5 minutes? Seems criminal to buy the stuff when you can make it with $2/gal run-of-the-mill apple juice. You can spruce up your cider by getting creative with additives: try a dry-hopped cider, peach-elderberry, pineapple hibiscus... so many possibilities!
Solutions: Water
This incredibly easy solution will save you a half a gallon per flush, or for a pre-’94 toilet, 1,825 gallons of water per year, equivalent to 107 showers or enough drinking water for one person for 10 years!
