How to Make Beeswax Fabric and Homemade Beeswax Wrap – Mother Earth News
By learning how to beeswax fabric, you can ditch plastic zip bags and use your homemade beeswax wrap in a variety of sizes and designs. Reduce, reuse, recycle. I do…
Passive Solar Heat in Midwest Winter – Mother Earth News
In the early 1980s, an American energy crisis had passed. My wife, Jean, and I had had our first child, and we wanted to do something that would secure, rather…
Harvest Pond Ice to Fill an Ice House for a Year of Off-Grid Refrigeration – Mother Earth News
Last week, our good friend William, along with his wife and nine children, invited us over for dinner at their homestead. This was an honor and turned out to be…
Candles Are a Multi-Use Tool for Off-Grid Living – Mother Earth News
It’s been 21 years since my son Jordan, then nine, and I moved to my cabin in the woods to live without electricity. I’m still off-grid, but a couple of…
8 Household Uses for Eggshells – Mother Earth News
From DIY sidewalk chalk to brewing coffee to getting rid of slugs in the garden, discover unexpected and simple uses for eggshells. Next time you whip up a quiche or…