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How to: Make a Simple Hay Baler

Jul 26th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

Steve and Tandy have found that it’s not a difficult task to bale about a third of an acre on a pleasant summer afternoon with this design. It requires on a few 2×4′s and a sheet of plywood. Full instructions included from Cordite Country!



How to: Detox Your Soil

May 19th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

If you are dealing with soil that has had weed killers and other pesticides, herbicides or chemicals used on it, you may be surprised to find out that the BEST plant to grow on that soil to cleanse it is….



PopSci Archive: Double Deck Gazebo – I Call it a Zombie Defense Tower!

May 3rd, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

Another great backyard DIY-project! This could be utilized and slightly modified for a watch-tower… should the need arise. Or, oh…I dunno, the Zombie Apocalypse occurs and you need a quality recon & resupply tower (defense tower?), all in one attractive, non-conspicuous package!



How to: Build Your Own Root Cellar… with Pallets.

Apr 19th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

High on the list of survival items is of course, food and water. To find a ways to help us safely store our food all we need to do is look back to the American Indian and early Pioneers, who overcame the very problems we face today: how to store our food with lack of refrigeration. here is a handy guide to creating your own root cellar using free, discarded pallets!



Houseplants You’ll Want to be Growing During the Zombie Apocalypse of 2014

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

Although we can’t be certain about the location or severity of the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse of 2014, we have a fairly good idea what it’s going to involve: there will be zombies, brains will be eaten, civilization as we know it will end, and people will need to be resourceful. And also, obviously, we know it’s going to happen sometime in the year 2014, ’cause otherwise the name makes no sense.



DIY Backyard Relaxation Station

Feb 1st, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

We designed this simple garden structure to be customizable for pursuing your favorite hobbies, entertaining, or just relaxing.



How To: Make a Rain Water Barrel

Dec 14th, 2009 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

There’s a lot of advice floating around the internet about how to make a rain barrel. Here is a very simply, low-cost way to do it.



Urban Gardening – Cordite Country

Nov 11th, 2009 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Outdoor Living & Gardening

City gardens and country gardens are different—not only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of foods that can be produced. Where the country garden can lounge over a half acre, the city garden must often fit in tight spaces.