Good for the classics! They go beyond the outskirts, to protected places — boundless expanses, tall grasses, fresh breeze. Everything sets a poetic mood. And so it’s born: “Mow, scythe, while the dew…”, “Spread out, shoulder, swing, arm…” But the ordinary modern “urbanized” villager (and the city dweller — owner of a small plot of Read more…
Aviation mechanic M.A. Masterov is one of that remarkable group of amateur designers that the Udmurt land has always been proud of. His achievements include such serious works as delta- and motorized deltaplanes, an aircraft of his own design and a restored Yak-18T, various machine tools, and much more. Today, all the craftsman’s efforts are Read more…
Having a plot of land for a vegetable garden in our climate zone, regular watering is necessary to get a good harvest. But in the absence of your own water well or a well, at the established water rates, watering from the public water supply is quite expensive. After all, you have to water almost Read more…
Those who keep livestock and poultry in their household cannot do without grain supplies. Grain can be stored for a long time (I read in one of the magazines that an amphora with wheat was found in some pharaoh’s tomb — the seeds were such that they could be sown). But to use grain as Read more…
I made a root vegetable chopper, so necessary for providing home livestock with vitamin feed (“chopped feed”), based on a decommissioned ATD2—a disc fertilizer spreader that I managed to find among the collective farm scrap metal. Both the metal cylindrical hopper with a lid and lower band, and the working seeding organ itself (simply put, Read more…
Not so long ago, after retiring, I seriously took up beekeeping. However, our region is not rich in honey-bearing plants, so during the season, I have to move the entire apiary from one place to another six or seven times. To transport the hives, I built a trailer for my Izhevsk pickup Izh-27151-01, on which Read more…
Trailers for passenger cars that turn them into small trucks are especially popular among rural residents and owners of country houses. And that’s quite natural — they make it much easier to transport a variety of loads such as sand and peat, cement and manure, bricks and gravel. The only downside is that loading and Read more…
The tank from an old activator-type washing machine, the driven drum of the control clutch from a decommissioned T-74 tractor, and a three-phase electric motor — this is the basis for a homemade grain grinder. Its design is portable, which is very important for use on small farms and in private households. The main part Read more…
Bread baked in a village oven needs no advertising: it is superior in every way. However, storing bags of flour is troublesome; keeping grain is much easier. Therefore, it is necessary to have the ability to grind grain at home without going to a flour mill. Moreover, it should be possible to produce both fine Read more…
A winch working in tandem with a plow is nothing new. Especially for owners of small land plots, where these rather simple and reliable constructions have already proven themselves excellently. Unlike a mini-tractor, the winch does not compact the soil. And it doesn’t slip like a motor cultivator. Practically all the engine’s traction power here Read more…
