Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency (Cold Springs Press, 2014), by Chris Peterson and Philip Schmidt, shows you exactly how to build dozens of projects for a self-sufficient lifestyle, with ...

You can compost at home with one of many commercially available compost bins, but making your own compost bin is really easy. Depending on the type of compost bin you choose you can build a ...

The best compost bin is the one you’ll actually use. I tried two popular styles and have a clear favorite. Barrel-style compost bins (left) make tumbling your compost easier, while box-style bins ...

But if you’re new to composting, it can be confusing to find the best compost bins. The good news is that composting at home is easier than you think, and it’s a great way to put your ...

And when you’re done with them, you can toss these machines into a compost bin to decompose. That’s the vision of ... the researchers described their designs for a new kind of robotic actuators, or ...