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    fabric softener

    i have misplaced my original instructions... but i add about 3 cups vinager...and a container of conditioner... the smelly cheep buck ones...are fine i have done it with shampoo...but conditioner is better... then fill the jug with water... thats it... clothes come out nice and soft..
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    Anyone struggling to eat out or from grocery stores? any clean eaters?

    i to...have been working on creating a self supported food stock...although my acre is too small to support livestock other than chickens...i do try as much as possible to know where our food comes from at source.... i am not perfect...and do have sugar an salt cravings....but..we live away...
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    Canning pressure question

    congratulations...on your first can...!!! i used to have your problem...a lot with my first old presto...when i finally upgraded to an all american... it stays...perfectly waited...and i don't have to constantly whatch the guage anymore... just makes it a tad easier...
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    Canning pressure question

    congratulations...on your first can...!!! i used to have your problem...a lot with my first old presto...when i finally upgraded to an all american... it stays...perfectly waited...and i don't have to constantly whatch the guage anymore... just makes it a tad easier...
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    Researching Chickens and overwhelmed!!

    can understand... the amount of choices...when it comes to chickens is phenominal... but chickens are easy...water food shelter..with roost and nesting box... for me it was finding a winter hardy breed...that would lay through winter... and out of 7 hens...i had 6 eggs a day.. all through last...
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    Help Hubbys Birthday

    have you tried google...I have found them a wonderful recipie resource... and is good because often there is peoples reviews, so you can find out how a recipie actually worked out... and often people have great tweek ideas.... :frow
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    toxic...???

    thanks 4 your replys. great tip ..joel...but there dosent seem to be any markings...the insides are grey toned coated..not.straight tin.. but i will use a barier layer...probably thick paper.. funny farm...i had been leary of using poision..because...i had though i didn't want dead smell...
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    toxic...???

    ok...crazy me...but i just purchased a car load of 150 unused gallon paintcans... thinking long term storage... or rodent proof...or just like #10 cans.. but now...i am thinking...if they would somehow be toxic..in long term storage...??? Unfortunatly...we have been experiencing some unwanted...
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    Lets talk perennials....

    i think it is a good idea to add a manure based fertilizer for rhubarb...last year...i didn't get it on and it was substantially...not as high as the year prior which was amazing... i too have the interest in adding more perenial crops ... and have many herbs that are well established and doing...
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    tomatoe strainer question

    how hard was it on the arm muschles??? i have heard of people useing thease...but up until now have just been running through the blender... for sauce...
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    tomatoe strainer question

    i saw this on craigslist and am wondering if it is worth going for???? http://abbotsford.en.craigslist.ca/hsh/3314376054.html is the vicorio as good as the squeezo...??? certainly would be a lot cheaper than trying to get something on ebay..
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    I need a few more ideas on what to do with Jalapenos.

    Thease are sooooooo goooood!!! I already have made 2 big batches this year there arent words that exist to describe how addictive these little savoury, sweet, spicy, crunchy, garlicky pickled jalapeno rounds are. Put them on sandwiches, tacos, rice or bake them into cornbread. Youll need more...
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    Fun time in the pantry

    good 4 u.. its amazing what a good clean can find.. :thumbsup
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    Pecan cracker

    i have no knowledge on this product...however...would recomend google.. when ever I have a new product of interest (or craigslist listing i am considering) i will google..the item and add reviews.. generally and eye opener either for the good or bad... I am so very jealous...that is quite a...
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    Share the Wealth

    I was sorting through my favorites...and came across this sight.. http://www.punkdomestics.com/ It is an incredible recipie resource... and links to some great blogs.. i then copy and past them in my email drafts... word of warning...i would go through selected chosen categorys... as it...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Thanks...moolie.!!!!.I will check as I clean them(even though they seem spotless, will run through the dw... i am glad I asked..... didn't know there was a difference...Prior to this once i scored about 13 of them. but haven't tryed them out...yet.. loved the look of them in your pics...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    like most of you i have done a lot of caning... at least 60 dozen since this time last year... and have been on the quest for jars... my hubby jokes and says he\s gonna find me a CA group...to take care of my addiction... I started out the day...filling my trunk with 12 dozen assorted size...
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    I get to buy a canner! Now I have questions...

    isn't that a wonderful gift....!!!!! and good tip moolie about a pot inside the canner... would never have thought of that... Get the biggest you can afford...however...I did go for the 30 quart all american... thinking I would be able to do a second level of quarts..will only acomidate one...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    I got 30 pounds of peaches... and made the following...the peach rum sauce and peach vanilla sauce...are absolutely scrumptious... i used homemade vanilla extract... french vanilla peach sauce peal and pit as many peaches as you'd like. I usually do between 10 and 12 at a time. Then pulse...
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    Recipes for dehydrated food

    dehydrated vegies generally find there way into my crockpot.. .I do the same as you and grind some and just add to sauces for added taste and nutrition...
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