Cut your grass effortlessly with a Remote Control Solar Lawn Mower. Robert Smith, the man behind this amazing device used Google Sketchup to make a 3D model of the system before it was built. Just like with other robots electric wheelchair motors have been selected to drive this mower. Check out these two part videos [...]
15 Jun
The summer is upon us and once again, it’s time to tame mother nature. The grass is growing and the hedges are getting larger every day. What better time to try out Black and Decker’s wireless 24v tools? We’ll be reviewing two tools: the 24V Cordless Grass Trimmer (NST1024) and the 24V Cordless 24” Hedge [...]
26 Mar
This organic pesticide won’t kill all the bugs in your garden, but may annoy them enough so that they move over to your neighbour’s. I personally think that if you don’t want to use any chemicals in your garden, you need to arrange your plants carefully, to exploit the fact that certain plants naturally repel [...]
10 Mar
What’s the perfect remedy to winter? Tomato/cucumber salad, with basil and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. It’s even better when you grow your own herbs. With this homemade greenhouse, you can have your own mini-garden year-round. Homemade mini-greenhouse [link]
26 Jan
Yet another project that turns the ubiquitous Altoids Tin box into something useful. In this case, a solar powered cell phone charger. Great idea, and it’s made from old, recycled parts: the solar cell comes from those solar-powered landscaping LED lights that illuminate tree shrubs in front of suburban bungalows at night. Here’s a thought: [...]
18 Jan
Incredibly simple instructions on how to create tree grafts. Over time, the grafted branch will become part of the host plant. I’m pretty sure that nature imposes some limits, but you can still achieve some interesting results, way beyond simple “repairs”. For the sake of not killing trees, start out with simple mods :) Grafting [...]
13 Dec
Build Your Own Adirondack Chairs Picture yourself on a sunny Saturday afternoon in may, relaxing next to your loved one in your backyard, sitting on a comfortable Adirondack Chair, enjoying a chilled bottle of rosé. Sounds nice doesn’t it? I found a great Instructable (very detailed) which teaches you how to build this classic chair. [...]
by Robert
"The distance is very far. I would have no doubt that you could control it from 100ft -200ft or more. ..."by Storage
"This is my kind of gadget. Whats the range on one of these? It would be ideal to stand at ..."by Manualidades
"Wow! great craft, but very dificult for me... hehehe thats man is incredible "by Ray
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01 Jan