Water skiing appeared relatively recently in our country and immediately gained numerous enthusiasts. A skier racing across the water surface always draws a large crowd of spectators on the shore. Watching how effortlessly and gracefully they perform dizzying turns, everyone involuntarily feels the desire to be in their place, if only for a moment. But Read more…
Our dacha plots are small. And when every square meter counts, allocating space for garages and utility buildings is no easy task. Tent structures can be a quite acceptable solution. Especially when considering the time, and even more so—material costs. For assembling the frame of practically any of the three tent variants that have become Read more…
Mankind has made and described a huge number of the most diverse garden benches. But two reasons did not allow us to take advantage of centuries of experience: the absence of special materials and the presence of suitable ones. Almost always after the construction of a more or less significant building, scraps of pine timber Read more…
As is known, food products are smoked in the smoke from burning hardwood. The smoke generator is usually placed at some distance from the cold smoking chamber and connected to it by a flue, so that most solid particles, tar, and a number of other substances formed during combustion and considered carcinogenic do not reach Read more…
Not everyone is up to building a house or a large outbuilding, even if they have the desire. Some lack experience, others lack time. But some work can still be done yourself, while saving quite significant money. For example, installing a foundation plinth (otmostka) around the house. I ordered my country timber house from a Read more…
In winter, diesel fuel causes considerable trouble for farmers, as well as other owners of automotive and tractor equipment. At low temperatures, it becomes thick, and the paraffin contained in it crystallizes. This threatens rapid filter clogging and cessation of fuel supply from the tank. As a result, starting diesel engines and operating machines sometimes Read more…
A stationary gazebo on a dacha or garden plot is a great convenience: under its roof, both in the heat and in bad weather, it’s nice to sit in the fresh air, rest from daily chores, and have tea by the samovar. However, there isn’t always room for such a permanent structure; and its immobility Read more…
Most amateur constructors are constrained not only in space (usually they have only a small corner in their apartment for pursuing their favorite hobby), but also in time (they can dedicate themselves to this only late in the evening or early in the morning, when all household members are asleep). Some work can be done Read more…
The soil on our garden plots is such that during plowing with ordinary plows, clods are formed that require considerable effort and time to prepare the land for sowing. But people don’t give up. Many not only adapt but also involuntarily become innovators. One of my neighbors, for example, modified the plow body by installing Read more…
A small piece of steel cable, sheathed in a tubular plastic cover, enters a metal cylinder smaller than a hockey puck at its ends. This is a bicycle lock designed to prevent theft. It allows you to secure the bicycle to a post or something else, and in the absence of anything suitable—to lock the Read more…
