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Self-Reliant Searches Vol. 3

Another Thursday, another list of searches that led to this blog. It’s a holiday here in Germany but the stock market is open and Stefan actually has to work. We were hoping to use the day to get some...

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More tools for our workshop

While visiting Stefan’s parents in Bavaria this weekend, we drove by their local home improvement store and saw that they had an electric angle grinder on sale for €12.95. We are going to be needing...

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Something else to build

Whenever we go to visit Stefan’s parents, we get to glance through the various magazines that they have bought in the last month or so. They usually have them in the living room and there are plenty of...

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A brilliant idea for a woodworking workshop

There’s a houseblog called Brooklyn Rowhouse that I love to read when I have the chance. Steve, the blog owner has done some amazing woodworking projects in his house. He recently posted about cleaning...

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A brilliant idea for a woodworking shop

This is a repost from our blog Self-Reliant Yuppies. Since it discusses projects that are going on within our farm, I figured those who aren’t reading that blog might find it interesting There’s a...

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A new woodworking project coming up

If you read our houseblog, you probably saw that we were working on the chicken coop last weekend and made some progress is re-plastering the wall which was destroyed after years of exposure to chicken...

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New toys for the woodworking shop

There was a high chance of rain in the forecast today so we decided to try out Jake’s chairs finally and use it as a sort of test project. We have big plans to construct the bedroom furniture in our...

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Please join us in welcoming Jake’s Chair

We have talked about Jake’s Chair quite a few times on this blog, but so far there has been too much going on around here to take the time to actually build one. Now that construction of the guest...

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Build Your Own Tortilla Press

So I was thinking about various gadgets that are great to have in your kitchen and came down the list to the tortilla press. I know for many this would be an absolute waste, but we eat a lot of flour...

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How to build a cold frame for the salad table

In 2009, when winter just seemed to be dragging on forever, we decided to build a cold frame for our beloved salad table so that we could extend our growing season just a bit. We’ve actually had lamb’s...

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