GARDENER’S SAUNA

GARDENER'S SAUNA

In a small utility block on my garden plot, I had a storage room measuring only 2.2×2.7 m. One hot day, the idea came to convert it into a mini sauna and also add a shower section. I installed a 100 mm thick partition wall in the center of the storage space along its entire Read more…

NOT WORSE THAN IN AN APARTMENT

NOT WORSE THAN IN AN APARTMENT

To live comfortably in the countryside, you don’t actually need much — electricity, plumbing, a decent toilet, and a sewage system. Electricity usually isn’t a problem — even if your summer cottage area isn’t connected to the power grid, you can always buy a portable gasoline generator and enjoy all the benefits that electricity provides. Read more…

WATER IS HEATENED BY SMOKE

WATER IS HEATENED BY SMOKE

Having a stove (wood or coal-fired) makes it quite possible to supply hot water to the kitchen sink and even a shower using a water heater — a device that utilizes the heat of hot flue gases exhausted through the stove’s chimney. The design and operating principle of the device are as follows (Fig. 1, Read more…

Rabbit cottages

Rabbit cottages

The young naturalists of Cherkasy Secondary School No. 3 surely still remember the rabbit Belka, who gave birth to 96 kits in a year — three to five times more than usual. Belka’s offspring yielded nearly half a ton of meat, and the pelts were enough to make five children’s fur coats. We offer three Read more…

COTTAGE ASSISTANT

COTTAGE ASSISTANT

For cultivating the land in garden plots, I consider a walk-behind tractor to be the most suitable mechanism. It has small dimensions and consumes little fuel, has the necessary maneuverability and sufficient productivity. The ability to quickly replace some soil-cultivating tools on a walk-behind tractor with others (for example, a plow with a ripper, hiller Read more…

Hand scythe

Hand scythe

In issue 6 for 2010, Modelist-Konstruktor told about repair and adjustment of a trimmer – a motor or electric scythe. The article is useful . What can I say, this tool is now widely used not only by summer residents and janitors, but also by farmers. Meanwhile, on small plots, in hard-to-reach places, an ordinary Read more…

MIRACLE OVEN

MIRACLE OVEN

In one of the spring programs of the Central Television, “You Can Do It,” enthusiasts of technical creativity got acquainted with a universal camp stove, or rather, an entire kitchen, which was designed and manufactured by an avid and experienced tourist I. Maslov. The advantages of the development he demonstrated are compactness, ease of transportation, Read more…

GARDEN FURNITURE

GARDEN FURNITURE

The GARDEN FURNITURE, which you will get acquainted with in today’s issue of KDM, successfully combines the qualities of a barbecue grill and an elegant garden table. Kebabs, chops, grilled chicken – all at once, in the heat of the day, and even in the open air – what could be more pleasant! A convenient Read more…