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I just scored a great Universal 2 grinder at an estate sale! Woo! The hard part is that I have no idea how to use it, and finding instruction online is harder than I thought. What are the 3, 12, and 19 tooth cutters for? (The 19 tooth says it's a bread crumber, but can I use it for other things...

Hi all! I have access to a LOT of raw alpaca fiber for free from my MIL. I am a baby knitter that doesn't have the money for decent yarn, so I'd really like to be able to turn it into something I can use. Starting with something easier like wool is not an option. I have it washed, and now need...

I have never done tomatoes in pots before this year. I didn't buy pot loving seeds, as I wasn't intending on living in an apartment at the time of purchase. All my tomatoes are only about 2 inches across AT THE MOST! They are matina and stupice, and are supposed to do well and be super duper...

I am just curious, as we all have our limits, what SS things have you given up on and not looked back? Have you ever almost given up on something, but then just changed something about how you were doing it, and it made all the difference? This curiousity is based on some conversations the...

Ok. I moved, and the landscaping crew is butchering my yard/killing me from afar. I am almost homicidal. Before I go ape-**** I need to make sure I am not wrong and going to look stupid! They weedwhacked RIGHT up to my blueberries, lilac bush and whatever else. They have stripped the bark all...

Just feeling a bit reflective today, and wanted to list some things I miss and don't miss in regards to now being an apartment dweller after home ownership. Feel free to share your thoughts! Things I miss: -Not worrying about the carpet/security deposit! (dog had an accident yesterday <sigh>)...

We just moved to the Portland, OR area. My spouse wants to fo fishing, but we don't know any good places! Any recommendations? We can look them up, but the recommendations from other fisher-folks are always better! :D

So, as you likely know, we have gone from a 1600 sq ft house on almost a half acre to a 2 bedroom apartment in the suburbs, and FAST! We are making the best of the situation, and are happy, but our way of life has changed drastically! (No chickens! No garden! Well, 2 tomatoes and a bell pepper...

My God we survived! I haven't been around much in the last month. Just in case you don't remember, as I was fairly new anyway, my spouse (the bread winner) had to quit her job. Well, she found a new one... in Beaverton , OR several hundred miles away! :th We had been talking about moving to...

All we want to do is replace the broken blade on our electric lawn mower. It sounded simple enough... a month ago. We braced the blade, but when we turn the bolt the whole blade assembly turns too. (not sure if blade assembly is the right word, but hopefully you know what I mean!) We are...

So... I have a supposedly fruit bearing, self pollinating plum tree. I think it might be in its 3rd spring, and has been with us and in the ground for 2 springs now. I don't think it's flowering right. It produces the majority of it's flowers in tufts at the ends of it's branches! Was it pruned...

Let's start things out properly, shall we? 1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? I am in Washington State (USA). Everett to be exact. We are west of the cascade mountains, so we get all that famous WA rain you have heard tales of! Most of the time it isn't...

I. Love. Buffalo sauce. I have never made it myself though! I did just find a promising recipe online, but I have a sneaking suspicion that some of you might have good ones too! Anyone wanna share? :P

I was paroosing today and found this... http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9600 I want! Does anyone know where I could get something along the lines of the barrel, but for VERY cheap? I looked at Craigslist, things like that don't appear very often. I am just north of seattle...

My mini daffodils have bloomed! :weee The crocus are up, and the tulips are working on it! Now I just need my ornamental cherry tree to get going and for my normal daffodils to appear... not sure what's up with them - don't see 'em yet! Hope the squirrels didn't get to them first. What means...

So my property is only .42 of an acre, but nature likes to try and reclaim it constantly... I was cheap when I bought our first weed whacker. :hide I went with a gas Homelite. Now it seems that at least once a year when I move it from half choke to wide open, it stalls. When it was still under...

I can't believe there isn't a thread about this on here yet! I have only made my own beer once, but it was awesome. Now I am wanting to do it again as soon as I can get the money for ingredients. (We aren't in an area where I can just grow or barter for them, unfortunately) Anyone have a...

How do I get a picture next to my name or upload pics into a post, etc? I am still new, so I don't know if I can yet... but I don't have any idea how to do it.

I am a baby gardener, and I have heard that tomatoes are difficult to grow from seed. I can see that being both true and not, as we had some sprout in a random pot of dirt that was never watered, under our covered patio on the north side of our house! We don't even know how they got there! Does...

I literally just registered, and wanted to say hello. I didn't realize that there were others like me out there! I haven't gotten the chance to be as SS as many of you out there, but we do enough to baffle certain friends. We have chickens (a LOT of chickens), a decent veggie garden, we...