A Russian folk tale, “The Fox, the Hare, and the Cock,” tells us: “The fox built herself an icy hut—from snow and ice, and the hare a bast hut—from tough twigs and little boards…” Still, truthful as fairy tales may be, a hare could not raise an entire hut from such material, because linden bast Read more…
It’s a pity to throw away plywood offcuts, thin boards, and chipboard, even if you have nowhere to use them. However, I have a suggestion: make a kind of wood-air panel from the offcuts. You will need glue (PVA or epoxy), battens, strips, paint (or varnish), and possibly fabric (for example, an old sheet). The Read more…
Dacha plots… Just [~600 m²]. How can you fit a house, a separate kitchen-dining room, a utility block, a bathroom, and a garage on this tiny patch? And you still want to plant something… We present a compact three-story cottage house where, under a single roof, all of the above can be arranged quite comfortably. Read more…
I suggest that readers of the magazine make attractive, hard-wearing mats from plastic packaging straps from crates. You can place them in front of the entrance door of a country house or dacha, or in a city apartment—for example, in the bathroom; they are also handy in a car interior. The weaving technique is not Read more…
In recent decades, the world has been experiencing a bicycle boom. Today, the bicycle is the number one means of transport on the planet, and even the car yields the palm: for every four-wheeled vehicle, there are two two-wheeled ones. A bicycle does not pollute the atmosphere and improves health. The author, formerly an avid Read more…
To refuel a car tank in field conditions — for example, from a barrel or another vehicle’s tank — drivers often use a simple hose and the so-called “suction method,” creating a vacuum by mouth, which risks getting some gasoline into it. You can avoid trouble if you make a simple mini-pump. To do this, Read more…
With ingenuity and hard work — and contrary to the well-known saying — even a discarded pipe can turn into quite a good piece of gardening equipment. And with minimal manufacturing costs. The published material by Candidate of Agricultural Sciences S. Larkin confirms this. “THE BLADED TOOL” I took up gardening seriously about 6 years Read more…
Everyone has a general idea of a greenhouse on a garden or homestead plot. Building one usually takes a lot of expensive, hard-to-get material: load-bearing metal or wooden posts, film covering or a framed structure with glass — plus heating. Because of that, not everyone can afford such a structure, but working in it is Read more…
On a sunny loggia in a city apartment or on a green lawn of a country plot, it is pleasant to sit in a comfortable deck chair. Its design, proposed by the Hungarian magazine Ezermester, differs from traditional deck-chair schemes in that the chair is not only foldable but also detachable. In fact, it is Read more…
The time came when the amenities in the country house no longer satisfied its owners. After a full renovation of the house, they decided to upgrade the veranda as well, and the plan was to arrange, under the same roof, a sanitary unit with a shower cabin. I want to note in advance that the Read more…
