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How to build your own hybrid electric car using a 1970s-era vehicle as the starting point. Advanced mechanical skills required. Originally printed in 1980.

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Build your own backyard shed, using these blueprints for our toolshed greenhouse. Using recycled or salvaged materials, you can build a spacious, versatile backyard shed for a couple hundred dollars. The demo toolshed for these plans was constructed for only $250!

With its design components, this 10-foot-by-12-foot backyard shed will serve as tool storage and a work area, as well as a greenhouse to overwinter plants.

This toolshed greenhouse is a great place to store tools and gardening supplies. The workbench is handy for all projects because tools can be organized and within reach. The greenhouse portion not only allows light into the work space but makes a good location to overwinter plants and start new seedlings in spring. With all the organizational features and handsome design, the building will be an asset to any backyard.

Almost everything you'll need to build the shed can be found for free on the Internet or at little cost at a salvage yard. For the demo toolshed, the designers found mis-tinted paint at a well-known distributor at no cost. They also found that when friends and relatives learned about their backyard shed they contributed insulation materials or miscellaneous lumber that they were not using. In the end, they saved money by using materials that would have ended up in the landfill.

The toolshed greenhouse plan includes ready-to-build blueprints and step-by-step assembly instructions. This toolshed greenhouse, as well as the story about how the designers came up with the plans and materials to build it, will be featured in the October/November 2009 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS.

Designed by Puget Sound Home Design.

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Build a sprout cabinet and raise up to 40 pounds of sprouts at once. This easy-to-follow blueprint includes a material and tools list, as well as step-by-step instructions. The do-it-yourself MOTHER EARTH NEWS self watering sprout cabinet measures 16.5 inches by 41 inches, and will be a great addition to your sustainable kitchen.

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Use nature's oldest and simplest method of food preservation to produce the most permanent and healthful results. This solar food dryer is the surest way to preserve food while leaving the color, flavor, vitamins, minerals and enzymes in tact. This easy-to-follow blueprint includes a list of materials, detailed drawings, building and installation instructions and more.

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Get a jumpstart on your garden with this 8-by-10 foot freestanding greenhouse. Grow your flowers and vegetables inside this structure in late winter or early spring in preparation for transplanting outside later. This blueprint includes detailed building photos, instructions and a list of materials. The copper tubing in the blueprint can be replaced with flexible plastic pipe.

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You can build your own solar panel with this MOTHER EARTH NEWS blueprint. This solar heat box attaches to the outside of a windowsill to harness the sun. This easy-to-follow blueprint includes photographs, wiring instructions and airflow diagrams. Includes a list of materials and step-by-step instructions for a succesful DIY project.

You can read more about the Solar heat grabber

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Build this top-quality, portable and versatile log splitter from used and fabricated parts. Capable of splitting logs as big as 2 feet in diameter and 21 inches long. With this MOTHER EARTH NEWS blueprint you'll be able to pull this rig on full-sized, heavy-duty trailer tires. The blueprint includes a materials list and step-by-step instructions. Advanced mechanical skills are recommended.

The Firewood Log Splitter Blueprint is also available as a downloadable e-book.

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As fuel prices rise and concern for the environment becomes increasingly widespread, the many advantages of producing and using ethyl alcohol as an alternative to traditional petroleum products are catching the public's eye. Our 6" Column Stills are capable of producing fuel that burns with most minimal pollution possible while costing as little as 50 cents a gallon. This easy-to-follow blueprint includes a list of materials, detailed drawings, building and installation instructions and more.

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Build a barn using cordwood (firewood) and masonry for the walls, plus stick framing for the loft and roof. Full instructions on seven pages.

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Assemble this wood gas generator from recycled water heaters. Convert an internal combustion engine (100-cubic-inch or greater displacement) into your own home energy system or use the generator to run a truck. This blueprint include materials list, step-by-step instructions and black-and-white photos. Advanced mechanical and metalworking skills recommended.

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