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Harvest the sun with a homemade solar panel

How to harvest the sun with a homemade solar panel

Making and installing solar heating for your home is not nearly as difficult or expensive as you might think. After watching this video, hopefully you will be inspired to make a solar water heater for yourself.

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Understand why apple trees need to be pruned

How to understand why apple trees need to be pruned

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds formed in previous years. In order to keep an apple tree in balance and ...

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Install a garage door and opener

How to install a garage door and opener

Installing a new garage door and opener may seem daunting at first, but if you take your time and do the job step-by-step, it's a good weekend project. It will take from nine to 12 hours for most doors, then ...

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Make a compact chair from (free) post office boxes

How to make a compact chair from (free) post office boxes

Watch this video hosted by Graffiti Research Lab in NYC and learn how to create a portable chair for free out of post office boxes. These guys provide a resting place for the city lunch roamer, but these chairs ...

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Make a wind powered generator with MAKE magazine

How to make a wind powered generator with MAKE magazine

Great project to teach kids about energy consumption and a rather simple machine.

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How To Dust Your Entire House

Dust Your Entire House

Don't like dusting your house? It is worth your time to do a good job. Dust mites are microscopical tiny insects that are invisible to the ...more

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How To Make Lavender Potpourri for Clothing Storage

Make Lavender Potpourri for Clothing Storage

Clothing and linen that goes into storage over a season, or for even longer, can develop an unpleasant odour if care is not taken to store ...more

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How To Buy Bedding

Buy Bedding

Are you stumped by the massive array of bedding the world seems to offer? Are you torn between two decisions? If so, read on! Find out what ...more

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How To Deal With Animals in Your House

Deal With Animals in Your House

This article is aimed at helping you to cope with those little uninvited guests (commonly known as pests), without having to resort to ...more

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How To Re Organize a Garage on a Budget

Re Organize a Garage on a Budget

Garage organization breaks down when the stuff you have is bigger than the space you have assigned to it. This article describes how to ...more

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How To Clean Windows Without Chemicals

Clean Windows Without Chemicals

Commercial window sprays can be expensive and may be harmful to children, pets, and the environment. Learn how to make the windows in your ...more

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How To Avoid or Lessen Your Ironing

Avoid or Lessen Your Ironing

If you don't like ironing or you simply haven't much time to indulge in this necessary chore, here are some tips to avoid or reduce your ...more

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How To Buy a Mattress

Buy a Mattress

Most of us sleep on mattresses. So we've all needed to buy a mattress, right? People who are just moving out on their own often need to ...more

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How To Care for Hardwood Floors

Care for Hardwood Floors

Knowing how to clean hardwood floors is very important. Gravel and dirt is the bane of hardwood floors. Even fine dirt such as indoor plant ...more

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How To Care for Sweaters

Care for Sweaters

Sweaters need special care and usually they have cost you a bit, so it's worth taking the effort to keep them as long as possible. Most ...more

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How To Catch an Animal with a Havahart Trap

Catch an Animal with a Havahart Trap

As much as we may dislike the thought, anybody who owns a house or other property will eventually be faced with small mammals that can ...more

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How To Change a Duvet Cover

Change a Duvet Cover

Changing a duvet cover seems simple. It's not unlike putting a case on a pillow except that the duvet has none of the firmness of a pillow ...more

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How To Choose and Use Doormats

Choose and Use Doormats

Debris and moisture tracked in from outdoors can damage floors, and it can mean having to sweep, vacuum, and mop much more frequently than ...more

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How To Clean a Dull Stainless Steel Sink

Clean a Dull Stainless Steel Sink

Does your sink make you cringe? Is it old and dingy? Take heart! A shiny sink can be the beginning of a clean kitchen. Let's begin! Take all ...more

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How To Clean a Fireplace

Clean a Fireplace

Ensure that the fireplace and ashes have cooled. You can shovel, sweep or vacuum (with an ash vacuum) the ashes out. Once this debris has ...more

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How To Clean a House to Help Prevent Illness

Clean a House to Help Prevent Illness

Keeping your home clean may help prevent illness. Here are tips on how to keep your home clean to accomplish this goal. The goal is to keep ...more

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How To Clean a Mattress

Clean a Mattress

How to clean a mattress - several techniques that work well, and can be used to remove stains and keep your mattress fresh. General steps ...more

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How To Clean a Mousepad

Clean a Mousepad

Have a look at your humble mousepad. This little foam marvel provides the space for your mouse to rest on and a good surface for moving ...more

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How To Clean a Sponge

Clean a Sponge

Using the kitchen sponge to clean the table, the dirty counter and possibly the stains on the floor can add bacteria to the surface you are ...more

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How To Clean a Stove

Clean a Stove

The stove can be the most daunting cleaning task in your entire house. But fear no more; it can be done. Disconnect the electricity and turn ...more

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Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

Jetman Flys Over Atlantic with DIY Wings - Plummets!

Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...

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