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The longest I ever kept potatoes was packed in peat moss in buckets with the lids on. Then I just stacked them in my garden shed. It was a normal winter and I used the last of the potatoes in February that year. I didn't do anything special, but I did only store nice sized ones with no...

Personally I would just use an oil lamp for this set up. You can control the flame without putting your fingers in it, and you have a glass hurricane to keep the flame contained. I have four oil lamps, two from my childhood that I use in emergencies. I keep a small supply of the oil on hand...

I love Half Price Books!! A trip to the city, where there are several to choose from is usually my birthday present. :D

I'm still working on hard soil in the new garden, so I'm actually going to cut back a little and take a few garden beds to grow cover crops. I think I'll plant buckwheat, wheat, etc and then I'll cut the greens for the chickens and mulch and have my husband till it in. I also want to start...

I carry a small flashlight in every coat I own, and a small clicky light on my key chain. A few years back I was at work (restaurant/bakery) and a tractor-trailer knocked out a electric pole across the street. Bam, no power. I was the only person with a flashlight. Even the owner didn't have...

Her concern may simply be about you digging, you may want to be sure where her water pipes run and reassure her that you aren't digging up pipes etc.

I am a hot process soap maker, about 10 years now and it uses the same recipes as cold process, but you don't have the 8 week curing/waiting period before you can use the soap. It is soft in the beginning, and a 2 week cure helps make a hard bar and I have had long term storage hit and misses...

FarmerChick I think it has a Polish origin. I have eaten "halushki" in restaurants and at weddings over the years and it is just a sauted cabbage in butter with egg noodles. It is usually an oil slick with little flavor. I was on a sausage kick a few years ago, I just couldn't come up with...

We are celebrating the fifth year in our house, and "negotiating" wasn't fun. I believe deep down, now that it is over that we paid too much, and the seller flat out lied about some things, but that was 5 years ago. My advise? Do not be afraid to walk away. If you get emotionally tied to a...

One of my favorites is my version of "halushki", not sure of the spelling. I saute a large onion, chopped with a bit of olive oil and then add one pound of sliced Kielbasa sausage. When the sausage is browned I add a half a head of chopped cabbage and saute that until the cabbage starts to...

I keep my new flat lids in their original boxes so I know they are new, and then the little boxes are stored in plastic tubs. My rings are stored on metal clothes hangers. I took heavy duty wire cutters and cut the top halfway between the hook and the bend. Then I bent both sides back to make...

I have made this recipe and it is good. Hershey's cocoa is readily available as well. I stock cocoa en masse in my pantry. http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/4754/Black-Magic-Cake.aspx

Not to worry!! If we all go from cars and trucks to horses and mules they will still tax us!! Poop tax, someone has to scoop the poop! Horseshoe tax, shoes are hard on the surfaces of the roads, plus the cost to recycle used shoes Feed tax, gotta make money going in as well as going out...

Aaahhh, Thanksgiving is a week long affair. On Monday I bake two large loaves of bread, one white and one wheat. I make a double batch of pie crust and I set the turkey to thaw in the fridge. The bread is cubed or shredded. On Tuesday I make a 3 pound batch of homemade noodles and set them...

I kicked Direct Tv to the curb. I was having off and on issues and I called when the whole thing went out. Had to wait 4 days for my "free" service call since I was "such a valuable customer". After two days it worked fine again. Fast forward 6 weeks it happened again. So I call again and...