Projects to Get You Off the Grid: Rain Barrels, Chicken Coops, and Solar Panels by Instructables.com

by Instructables.com

Instructables is back with this compact book focused on a series of projects designed to get you thinking creatively about thinking green. Twenty Instructables illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop, or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector.Illustrated with dozens of full-color photographs per project accompanying easy-to-follow instructions, this Instructables collection utilizes the best that the online community has to offer, turning a far-reaching group of people into a mammoth database churning out ideas to make life better, easier, and in this case, greener, as this volume exemplifies.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening, Green, Reference

Paperback

First published December 16, 2010

Reviews

[Clare Ruesga · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was interesting but some things were over my head. They are all accessible online.

[Olwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of electrical projects in this book

[Ro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Leans hard on chicken coops. Not what I needed.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent starting off point for some environment-friendly hacks for the homestead.

Unfortunately, most of the prose was written by non-professional writers, so it wasn't always the easiest reading, some of the images could have been better quality as well.

[Ryan Work · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good step by step for rain barrels or chicken coops.

[Mills College Library]

621.31213 P96492 2013

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

GET AGAIN!!
Excellent information, just don't have the time or supplies (school starting back up) to do at the moment!