theworkshop.ca - Home Page
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008This is a link that Steve sent me some time back that I went and looked at (for a long time) and then forgot to post. Lots of good how-to stuff of all kinds!
Archive for the ‘Back To The Land’ Category
*** esprit cabane, the magazine of crafty & green living ideas
Sunday, April 6th, 2008*** esprit cabane, the magazine of crafty & green living ideas
A really neat French magazine (now in English too) that has all kinds of projects and craft ideas with a focus on homemade and non-toxic. From how-to’s on making wallpaper paste and rice glue to upholstering furniture and making your own paint they cover a wide range of projects for anyone interested in doing it yourself.
I was surprised to find that glazers putty was simply a mixture of chalk power and linseed oil. They give the proper mixture and explain how to use and the curing time.
Good stuff! 
A Low Impact Woodland Home
Sunday, April 6th, 2008I know I’ve posted about this house before but I think he’s got a new site, and I know that some of the stuff on the site is new. Good stuff! And I still want to build one!
Use Baking Soda to Strip Paint, Shampoo Your Hair : Planet Green
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Use Baking Soda to Strip Paint, Shampoo Your Hair : Planet Green
More stuff I didn’t know. Gonna have to try both. Cool!
Steam powered Generator
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Quite a nice little (?) setup. Tis something I have always wanted to do but never gotten around to.
DIY tractor culture in Poland - we make money not art
Thursday, February 7th, 2008DIY tractor culture in Poland - we make money not art
Some really cool homemade tractors. Some made from motorcycles. Interesting stuff!
Survey: Are You a Retro-Progressive? (TreeHugger)
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Card Weaving by Bart & Robin Blankenship
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Card Weaving by Bart & Robin Blankenship
An excellent short article on card weaving for beginners. Good stuff, well presented.
Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food
Find it or list it. Looks to be a great service. Good stuff!
Scytheconnection: Welcome
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Located this site via a post at Treehugger.com. They have a lot of info on scythes, from how to use them to how to make your own handles. Guess I’ll pull that blade I had for sale at the yard sale tent, clean it up a bit and make a handle and some mounting hardware for it and start using it. Neat site!
The Homemade Homemaker | Consumer and ethical living | Life and Health
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007KINGSMERE CRAFTS
Monday, August 6th, 2007Lot of good info related to leather craft on this site. Good stuff!
Homesteading Today - Simple sawmill setup
Monday, August 6th, 2007Homesteading Today - Simple sawmill setup
The pix below are from the 4th post down and are owned by the poster. Reproduced here for my use only. This is the simplest setup I have seen for a stable, easy to operate, sawmill. I have bits and pieces of a sawmill and a chainsaw with Alaskan mill that I may use to build something similar. Cool!
Organic Cuba Libre!
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Back to the land, a different look.
Roundhouse 2007-01-03
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Just a quick update, will take the camera out and get pix later today. Got the first 3 wall posts cut to length, headers cut and up, and first rafter cut and in place yesterday evening. Starting to look like more than just a pile of rubble and dirt. Has already been compared to a wooden stone henge (sp?). Ah well, slowly, slowly eats the elephant…
Todays pictures are up in the Roundhouse album at:
http://www.technoprimitive.org/roundHouseConstruction/index.html
Bits and pieces 2006-12-29
Friday, December 29th, 2006Been down somewhat with a bug the last few days and doing little as possible. Got out some this afternoon and cut some more cedar 8 foot upright posts and 6 foot headers and one 15 foot rafter and carried them over to the round house. Got a couple of the 8 foot upright posts and one 15 foot rafter cut and carried over to the site yesterday.
After unloading them all, stood one of them up on the (facing the south facing entry way) right side of the door opening and screwed 3 saplings to it to hold it in place while I marked it for height prior to taking back down and cutting to length. Planing to put 3 uprights in place with two connecting headers and then put one primary and 4 secondary rafters in. Will add some bracing to the rafters as well as corner bracing on the uprights and headers. I figure that should secure it enough to add more uprights, headers, and rafters, without needing too much additional temp bracing.
And that was about it for the day. Going to Calcis tomorrow so will be back late.
That’s all folks…
Inhabitat » GROW YOUR OWN TREEHOUSE
Thursday, December 28th, 2006Inhabitat » GROW YOUR OWN TREEHOUSE
More of the grow your own. Cool stuff!
Introduction to growing your own furniture
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
christophermolloy.com » outdoor living » the 10 bushcraft books » huts & thatch (pt. 1)
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006christophermolloy.com » outdoor living » the 10 bushcraft books » huts & thatch (pt. 1)
Build a hut out of whatever materials are at hand. Good stuff! Lots more on this site.
