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Potato beds can be made from old tires. Simply lay 2 tires on top of each other and fill them with nutritious soil. Potatoes growing in such conditions produce a higher yield than with conventional planting.

In the summer heat, I caught myself thinking that my body didn’t have enough drinks. What do we do with our households to quench their thirst: we cook compotes, crush fruit drinks, drink mineral water, factory-made ciders and kvass. Always loved Schweppes (aka "Schweppes" from

Depending on the cooking method, chicken liver can have a completely different taste when finished. It can be dry, juicy, hard, crumbly. If you love tender liver, then be sure to try this simple recipe.

Self-clamping drill chucks, although very convenient, tend to jam.In this case, it is difficult even for a weightlifter to untwist them with bare hands. Adjustable pliers and vices simply spoil it. Let's look at how to unscrew the cartridge without damaging it, and

I live in a private house equipped with a sewer system, which includes a network of pipes connecting a shower room, kitchen, bathroom and two cesspools. It so happened that the first cesspool was created directly for the bathroom, and

To arrange paths in the garden, you can make concrete slabs with your own hands. It will cost very little and will not take much time. It can be laid closely, or you can make walking paths.

For a comfortable outdoor recreation, you can make a tourist folding table. When folded, it looks like a suitcase and weighs only 6 kg. Let's look at how to make it.

When connecting household appliances and various electrical equipment, it may be necessary to determine their level of energy consumption in a certain mode. To do this, you can make a special extension cord. Electronic components for it

If you have a steel rod, you don’t have to buy a chain and bend it from it. To do this you will need to make a simple machine. It can literally be assembled from scrap metal and pipe scraps.

Fans are very effective at saving you from the heat; unfortunately, it is not always possible to use them. But that's definitely not the case with this DIY portable battery-powered fan. You can carry it with you even to work or school.

To make it convenient to work in the workshop, you need to properly organize the workplace and storage of tools. You can start arranging it by making a wall stand for grinders. It is convenient to store angle grinders, as well as cutting, grinding,

Fans of real homemade sauerkraut know well how difficult it is to chop it with a hand shredder. After shredding a whole bag, the hands simply fall off. Having made such a mechanical shredder, you can ferment cabbage in barrels without spending

This is one of the simplest and most accessible instructions for quickly reviving your screwdriver with barely alive or completely dead batteries. After all, finding an old computer power supply is quite easy. It does not need to be remade, even if your

Increasingly, expensive moisture- and dirt-resistant epoxy grout is used instead of cheap cement grout to grout tile joints. But even a regular one can be made resistant to dirt and getting wet. It's easy enough to process it this way sometimes.

For a modern person, going to an outdoor toilet is a test of willpower due to the unpleasant odor inside. Often the stench from the septic tank spreads for tens of meters around, making the adjacent part of the site not the most favorite for

Regular mushrooms that we buy in the supermarket can be grown at home on a straw substrate. Many people are interested in this technology, but are still stopped by the lack of mycelium. In fact, you can harvest mushrooms by simply planting roots from store-bought mushrooms.

Housewives prepare vegetables for the winter in different ways. If we talk about carrots, storing them is not so easy. At first, like potatoes, it can simply lie in a dark place. But it won’t be possible to preserve it for a long time this way. So they lay her down

For any conditions and needs, be it auto repair or shooting high-quality photos and videos, good light is important. To do this, you can assemble a lamp with very bright homemade lamps. They are made from ordinary LED daylight strip.

The engine compartment becomes dirty with dust, road dirt, insects, as well as leaks of oil, coolant and technical fluids. The motor is covered, as it were, in a cocoon with low thermal conductivity, which leads to its overheating.When the oil warms up it decreases

A terrarium in a light bulb is a cool idea for those who love plants and original room decor. In addition, you can conduct a scientific biological experiment by observing an artificially created ecosystem. The moss will not need to be watered at all and

For accurate and quick cutting of circuit boards, as well as sheet plastic and other thin materials, you can make a miniature desktop machine. It is accurate and very quiet, so it is even suitable for use in an apartment. This is the ideal equipment for

Wooden dowels are used for assembling furniture, gluing panels and other joinery products. They are usually found on sale in sizes 8x30 mm and 8x35 mm. Sometimes dowels of a different diameter or length are needed. Make yourself such a device, and you

On the back side of most electric motors the shaft is cut off, but there are situations when it is needed. In this case, it can be increased. This is done in an accessible way that does not involve welding or using a lathe. Everything is possible

Shish kebab can be made not only from meat, but also from fish, even very small ones, such as mackerel. Due to its fat content, it will never turn out dry, so you should start your culinary experiments on the grill with it.We offer a recipe