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My prep would be to not be in my present location. Get to family that has property and also have brains. I can't tell you how silly some people are with their land. Why have five acres of lawn? Anyway, if I've gotten to somewhere with people I trust, then that's about all I can do. Becoming more...

Things I can do without... Household cleaners (except Comet for toilets, baking soda doesn't work for me!), air sprays, paper towels, fabric softener, makeup (except concealer), hair spray, hair gel, and mouthwash.

Not much happening. Weather is incredibly boring. Low 50s each day, either partly cloudy, or light sprinkles. Blah! Might learn how to can. Farmer's Market opens in April. I might be able to move before the house sells. Oh! I found the flier from the class my parents took on how to build a log...

I love it because I can cook exactly the food I want. (Goodness help any company that might come over...) Also because I never fall into the toilet because SOMEONE left it up. :lol:

So funny you just posted this, as I was coming to this section to find the thread on canning! I might be over my fear of botulism enough to try to can this year. I'd like my pantry to look somewhat like that!

One of my goals is to grind my own grains, not just for emergencies, but all the time. I wish we could grow wheat here, just to have the experience of growing, grinding, and eating my own bread. Oh well. Maybe cornbread? I'm liking the rocket stove idea since it used wood, which I am...

So I tried the new method of dissolving the borax/washing soda in hot water and poring over the grated soap. Well, my soap did not dissolve. I ended up boiling it, and even then it still did not dissolve. I added more water and it finally dissolved. It's now in two old vinegar bottles. It's hard...

I love LOST! I stopped watching after season two, but got back into it since Netflix has seasons 1-5 to watch on my computer. So I got all caught up. I still kinda pretend season two never happened (like the new Star Wars movies!) Anyway, OMG, where's Claire? Poor Locke, I loved him back in...

Thanks everyone! Wow, lots of ideas! I don't have a bbq or grill, (since I hate most "grilling" and mostly like the traditional bbq "low and slow" style, but that's another story) but I can easily get a charcoal grill from my parents. My step-dad has accumulated a lot of them because he keeps...

How? I'm just curious, because I've been reading in this forum on what people suggest storing. It's generally "store what you eat, eat what you store." And I understand this. But what I eat much of the time requires baking. So how would this happen if I had no usable oven? Is this something I...

My grandparents had a wood burning oven/range in their kitchen. They also had a newer electric oven, which is what they actually used, lol. But they usually burned something in the wood burning oven to keep the kitchen warm. This never made sense to me, but they're my relatives so that's an...

Thanks Bee! I'm going to try this tonight. Last time it went past the gel stage and into the SOLID stage, so I have to watch that, lol! I have been saving my gallon vinegar bottles, and had a vague notion that I was going to use them somehow, and I'm sure this was it. But since it's taken six...

Tomorrow I'm going to the co-op to buy local, raw, Jersey cow milk. I will determinedly not cry over the price, and know that I'm getting REAL milk, and supporting a small farm.

I'm almost out of my homemade liquid laundry soap. It's lasted me an astonishing 6 months! Beekissed, I'd like to try this method, as it sounds great. So if I usually use 6 cups boiling water to dissolve the dry ingredients, then add the gallon + 6 more cups, would I just mix 6 cups hot water...

I had a lady at my work recently buying fabric to match her cats. I assured her that I TOTALLY understand, and that I have had to give up dark colors because of my cat. She replied with "well, I bought carpet to match the cats." :lau I keep reading of all the crazy massive winter storms all...

It has a section on what to do with scrap fabric!! *runs off*

My first time in this section of the forum! Currently where I live it's easy to forget about natural disasters. We don't get many earthquakes (and they've been little so far), no hurricanes or tornadoes, no flooding, I live on a forested hill, so no mudslides, either (not that it couldn't...

$30 for all of that? Score! My high school offered glass art, and I took two semesters of it. I really loved it, even though I didn't hold the glass cutter right, and had a hard time with deadlines. (I like to get it perfect, no matter how long it takes :he) Anyway, I'm envious! Have fun with...

Okay, I just looked through a bunch of pages and gave up, so if this is posted already could you tell me the page number? How do you wrap your cured soap? Paper, fabric, plastic?? Does this keep the scent better? I've used only EOs. Also, as far as goat's milk soap, here's how I did mine. I...

Great tip about the washcloths. I have an old green towel which has big bleach stains on in, which I think I will cut up for the Swiffer "wet" cloth. I already made several of the dry kind out of fleece. It works great! I think the fleece actually attracts the fur and holds on to it better than...