Shannon Adrian

With spring well underway, many of us are ready to get our hands in the dirt and get some garden planting done. If container gardening is your style, you don’t …

This gorgeous greenhouse was built very inexpensively by Andy Colley of The Green Lever. Andy and his wife used old glass windows and doors and wood pallets to keep costs …

Cattails are an extremely useful plant that can be found along streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes – virtually anywhere there is a water source. Did you know that almost every …

Spring is on its way, but it’s still too early for most gardeners to do any planting outdoors. Here in our cold northern climate, we’re still a couple of months …

It’s nice to have fresh herbs growing in the kitchen windowsill, but it’s not always easy to remember to water them. Here is a neat DIY project from Design Sponge …

These adorable cottages in Portland, Oregon are truly beautiful examples of small-scale dwellings with all the amenities necessary for comfortable living. Best of all, they were built using mostly salvaged …

Fish traps, also called weirs, have been utilized for thousands of years all over the world for catching fish in rivers, lakes, and oceans. They were widely used by Native …

This rainwater collection system in the Canadian wilderness has provided a source of clean, potable water for this family of four’s off grid cabin for almost 20 years. Markerbuoy on …

There are many ways to heat with solar energy, but cooling can be a little more of a challenge. Desertsun02 on YouTube shows us a way to make a cheap …

A few weeks ago I posted some recipes for homemade laundry detergent that can be made with borax and washing soda. Now I am going to share the recipe I …