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    Foods/Herbs with Natural Antibiotic Properties

    When any of us have a cold or respiratory ailment coming on this is our medicine. It works great and has never failed. One clove of garlic chopped or crushed, a tablespoon of fresh ginger chopped, 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes, and lemon juice and honey to taste. Brew the garlic, ginger and red...
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    kitchen thingy WTF is it?

    You might find replacement parts for it in Lehmans catalogue. They have all kinds of things like that.
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    cooking shortcuts and premade food ideas

    Don't really have recipes per se but I do have some tricks to share. 1. Any time I have any leftovers I freeze them in individual portions. They can be pulled out and microwaved quickly for a homemade tv dinner or lunch. Spaghetti and casseroles work great for this. 2. If I have leftover roast...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Made a small batch of salsa and pickle relish today. I've always tried to wait until I have a big produce amount to can but this year we decided to can several times as we pick things to eliminate loss. So far it's worked great. I also put up two pints of dried parsley, 1/2 pint of dried sage...
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    Squash Pizza!!!

    We make one similar but completely vegie. We roast our squash with eggplant, garlic, and onion and then put it over our pizza sauce and top it all with cheese. Even my little kids loved this one. Great use for all that squash!!
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    Sustainable Hoop Greenhouse, learn from our building mistakes

    We've found some of this same info out for ourselves too, however, we aren't having any problems with watering at all. As a matter of fact we only water about once every two weeks. Some days it is so wet in the greenhouse if we bump the frame at all, it will rain. We are growing a big bed of...
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    Fruit Leather

    We've always stored ours in canning jars as well. We tried freezing them once but they seemed to dry out even more and were tough to chew then.
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    oklahomans

    I'm an okie ... 2 kids, hubby, cats, chickens, duck, geese, turkey, raised garden beds, and greenhouse in tow! Working on outdoor oven, jet stove, and solar hot water heater. In Kay County but have connection in Tulsa and Stillwater too.
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