Recent content by ncnative

Asheville, here!! Cyndi & Steve

I am so thrilled that ya'll have quit smoking!!! It is soooooooo hard but it is possible!! I quit about 6 years ago........ I quit for 10 years, got divorced and started back for 4 years and now I intend to never pick one up again. I have to tell you, though, there will be times, years down...

I know this is a small thing but we always reuse our gift bags that we receive - my mom & I have given the same bags back and forth for several years! Also, Tissue paper that you put in the bags......... did you know you can iron it on a low setting and get all the wrinkles out? It looks good...

That sounds like a good recipe for my son to take to Boy Scout camp! Dry ingredients and add water! We have used a simular recipe: Put self rising flour in a bowl (however much you want). Add whipping cream until biscuit consistency. Pat out on floured board. Cut and bake pretty much as...

Thanks BeeKissed - we really like it. My husband talked me into getting it because they are so efficient at burning wood. We can load it up before going to bed and it will still be hot the next morning. What I like about the soapstone is it holds the heat without burning the fire out of you...

Just checked out that site, Yotetrapper and it is a keeper! I have always wanted to try to make strawberry wine........ a friend of my dh gave us some and it was wonderful! It was very strong so I mixed it with Sprite and it made quite a tasty treat! Maybe I'll be inspired.............

Hey, send some of that rain down our way!! We are again at an 8 inch deficit in Western NC. We have been collecting 55 gallon plastic drums and the dh has a plan to make them into a rain collection system. Will have to go to the easy garden site to check out the ya'll are talking about. I...

Thanks! It was alot of work going thru all the slate to find the right size and thickness and then we had to cut the nail holes off, too. We had previously used the same batch of slate to make a platform for our Hearthstone woodstove. We installed it and had it inspected (so our homeowners...

Asheville, NC here!

Hi, This is my first post on this new forum. I am really excited about it and I know my husband will, too. We used recycled granite block (from a street they dug up downtown Asheville) and recycled roof slate (from an old hospital building in Black Mountain) to build our porch. Retreaving...