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    Dish Drying Rack Drain Board | Heavy Stainless Drain Board

    Heavy duty commercial grade extra large stainless steel drain board. Built with a 2-1/2 slope to completely drain back into the sink. Spray off dishes, colanders filled with foods or drain vegetables after a through washing on these drain boards. After acquiring one these stainless steel...
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    The Little Dutch Maid Off-Grid Hand Crank Mixer is made by The Amish

    The gears are made of harden steel, no plastic or aluminum used in these. The base is made of cast metal with a powder coat finish. The base is made completely by the Amish to fit Bosh attachments. In fact the machine supports several Amish families in Ohio. For the cost shop what other back...
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    Frugal Alternative Cat Litter

    I can't take credit for this. I'm just so happy that we found out about an alternate odor eliminating bedding for horses to use in place of cat litter. We have a new rescue cat that let's say has just been nothing but hell in his litter box. It was getting to the point we were considering...
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    Hand Crank Dough Maker | Dough Bucket Reproduction

    For those who are interested we have just brought back to market a reproduction of the vintage hand crank dough makers. Instead of using an aluminum or galvanized bucket this new reproduction version uses a stainless steel rounded bottom mixing bowl. Cottage Craft Works 8 qt hand crank...
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    Insect Pests of the Home Vegetable Garden

    Found a really good publication on traditional and organic garden pest control through the Mississippi State University Extension Office it prints off 15 pages of information. http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2347.pdf
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    Self Sufficient Living | Off-Grid | Green Home | Self Sufficiency

    At Cottage Craft Works. com ["]www.cottagecraftworks.com] we help people who are looking for quality self sufficient living products and solutions to move toward self sufficiency and prepping for the uncertainties. Cottage Craft Works is your source for off-grid, non-electric goods, gas...
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    Alt Energy Using A Wind Powered Air Compressor

    Amish alternative air powered appliances and tools are also available online at this back-to-basics general store. Cottage Craft Works .com has added the Amish made Wind Compressor. The unit will attach to an existing windmill tower or sit on a 6 pipe tower equipped with a gin pole to lower...
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    How to have your Kitchen Aid Mixer converted to hand crank

    Ever since we introduced the Kitchen Aid hand crank conversion mixer, so many customers have asked us if we could have an existing Kitchen Aid converted to hand crank for them? For $199.95 our Amish machine shop can convert both the Classic and Artisan Kitchen Aid mixer to a hand crank mixer...
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    Stoneware Ceramic Pottery newly made in the USA!

    Old fashioned stoneware pottery is as functional in the self-sufficient country kitchen as it was in the pioneer kitchens. Finding new USA made stoneware ceramic pottery cookware is sometimes difficult especially the old style blue stripe. Because it last for generations, some perfectly good...
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    GrainMaker's new economy mill & new roller/flaker mill

    For those who are looking for a more economy version of the USA made GrainMaker Mill, your wait may be over. GrainMaker introduced model 35, retail price $325. Model 35 is a hand powered grinder 3 Cup Steel Hopper 11 Offset handle with rotating Hickory Grip Steel auger to feed larger...
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    What are you stocking in the pantry?

    Obviously foods that have a long shelf life and require no refrigeration or special preserving processes make the ideal prepper stock up. If you ask most preppers what they now have in their dry storage pantry you would probably all agree on the normal staples of wheat berries or flour, oat...
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    Frustrated with trying to clean gas stove grates? Try this, it works.

    If your gas stove grates were a mess before the Holiday and even worse after the cooking was done, try a pumice scouring stone. It took us 10 years of trying everything from ammonia in the trash bag, to oven cleaner and I just couldn't get it off. After about an hour with several pumice...
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    Hand Crank Pie Making Machine

    3" X 5"
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    Hand Crank Pie Making Machine

    Hand operated pastry, fruit, turnover, meat pie and pasty machine makes quick, uniform folded pies up to 200 per hour. Machine folds, crimps, trims, and seals all types of turnover and pastry products. (pasty is also a meat filled pie) You will only find it here at Cottage Craft Works...
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    Stove Top Dehydrating Pan

    Hi, I'm looking for any information on a stove top drying pan that was once commercially marketed. It is a double layer pan with a water reservoir in between the layers. It is used on wood stoves and gas stoves to dry foods. The Amish still use them, evidently they work extremely well on...
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