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How to Build a Home Solar System

How to Build a Home Solar System 1 comment | August 27, 2009 | Posted in Solar & Energy

Why pay lots of money (or any money) for a program that shows you how you can make your own solar panel when you can get this for free?

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How to Make Recycled Picnic Cup Flower Pots

How to Make Recycled Picnic Cup Flower Pots August 26, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

Recycled picnic cups make great containers for starting young plants. They are tapered, so that the plant slides out easily when the cup is inverted. They are transparent, which lets you see how the roots are developing.

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How to Build Slug-Proof Planting Barrels

How to Build Slug-Proof Planting Barrels August 25, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Living under redwood trees is fantastic, with a few minor exceptions, for die-hard gardeners. My greatest curse-provoker is slug eaten plants.

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How to Make Recycled Plastic Messenger Bag or Purse

How to Make Recycled Plastic Messenger Bag or Purse August 24, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

No sewing necessary!You can use an iron to fuse together grocery bags into a thick sheet of plastic.Then you can use that plastic to make a durable, waterproof, recycled, and stylish messenger bag or purse.

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How to Build a Used Tire Raised Garden & Tree Ring

How to Build a Used Tire Raised Garden & Tree Ring 1 comment | August 20, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

Ever wonder what to do with those old tires? Do you want to have a garden without the need to till soil? We have found that used tires make GREAT raised garden beds!

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How to Make Recycled Juice Pouch Lunch Bag

How to Make Recycled Juice Pouch Lunch Bag August 20, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

This is a great inexpensive project to do with and for your kids before they go back to school! They learn about recycling and reusing things they would normally throw away and have the added bonus of having something cool for school.

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How to Build Rain Garden

How to Build Rain Garden August 19, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

A rain garden is a garden strategically located and designed with the purpose of retaining and filtering runoff water from roofs, lawns, and streets.

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How to Make a Hydroponics Paperweight

How to Make a Hydroponics Paperweight August 18, 2009 | Posted in Home Office

This is a cool way to add some personality to your desk at work, or you work bench. This simple project looks great requires little maintenance. It can be completely modified for just about any materials you have.

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How to make a chandelier from reclaimed cardboard

How to make a chandelier from reclaimed cardboard August 17, 2009 | Posted in Home and Garden

Randomly walked by 48 of these cardboard tubes waiting to be recycled on way to a meeting. On the way home couldn't bring myself to walk by them. So lil ol me, dragged these cumbersome things back to my apt.

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How To Make Eco-Friendly Emergency Flip Flops

How To Make Eco-Friendly Emergency Flip Flops August 14, 2009 | Posted in Jewelry & Accessories

The life-saving, high style, eco-friendly emergency flip flops!

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