K Eilander

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In the video below, this guy uses dissolved styrofom in xylene (I've used regular acetone before, and that works too) but then he uses it as a varnish.  Great idea!
To make a wood stain he then mixes it with "cholera", which, I'm guessing is not the word he meant. :)  Looks like shoe polish, I'm guessing.

Still, varnish and stain have gotten outrageously expensive of late, so a real "trash-to-treasure" idea, there!
3 days ago
Concerning the OP:
Another possible option for power windows, what about salvaging car power windows from a junkyard?  They have all the motor and mechanics all figured out, and it works off 12v so ideal for an off-grid tiny home.
3 weeks ago

Leah Mack wrote:
They were used extensively in greenhouses, and can be DIY'd pretty easily, allowing you to dial them in for a specific size and temperature range pretty easily with nontoxic ingredients.


I've heard of/seen those, but how do you diy your own!??  That would be super interesting!  Do you have links?
3 weeks ago
FYI, the 2025 R-Future conference is back, and it's this week!
(I attended last year, and nearly blew my mind)
https://matt-powers.mykajabi.com/r-future
One arguably safer alternative is to give the (non-bird) carcasses to your chickens.  Increased protein means increased egg production.
4 weeks ago
This video is about 1yo but I haven't seen it on here yet.  Thought it would be good knowledge for the community.
1 month ago
I realize this is short notice, but I didn't see it until today.

Curtis Stone is hosting a free workshop "How to go from urban to homestead as quickly as possible" tonight (Nov 27, 2024, 7:PM US Central time)
https://freedomfarmers.com/op/free-workshop-urban-to-homestead/

Sounds interesting.  I'm going to try to make it.
2 months ago
A lot of us want to focus less on annuals and more on perennials, but what to do about lettuce?
This is an interesting idea!
2 months ago
So, the recent hurricane disaster in North Carolina/East Tennessee has left behind a toxic mess.  The rivers are basically a nasty soup of chemical, biological, and possibly even nuclear (ever heard of Oak Ridge?) contaminants.

This evening Alan Booker, executive director of the Institute of Integrated Regenerative Design, gave a presentation at Mars Hill NC on how they might begin the process of using bioremediation to restore their area.

Some very interesting information.  Very cutting-edge stuff straight out of his research.  And who knows, those Appalachian folks may just pioneer some new techniques that will be of great importance to all of us in the future!

Well, enough of my rambling.  Here's the recording of the event.
NOTE: there was apparently a technical issue, so no sound for the first few minutes


3 months ago