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I cleaned out my closet last week, and got rid of a lot of items, including the last pair of sandals I had that I had never actually worn. However, my 4 1/2 inch heel tangerine colored wedges, the 4 inch purple peep toe pumps, and the black and white spectator lace up boots (with 4 inch heels...

I've gone a week without the internet for a week. It's not too bad once you get used to it. Not that I would want to give it up forever, but a week is doable.

I made an old fashioned strawberry preserve once, without added pectin. It turned out awful. The recipe had so much sugar in it, and you cooked it for so long that it just tasted like super-sugary, slightly fruity tasting syrup. I am now a firm believer in added pectin!

The largest problem I have with having everything handwritten in notebooks is organization. In my first notebook, compost bin info is followed by a recipe for a homemade facial scrub which is followed by my homemade laundry detergent recipe. Eventually I'll pull everything out and sort it into...

My husband and I are considering building a small (probably no larger than 4 x 8, if that) passive solar greenhouse, and my biggest concern is that it wouldn't heat it well enough in the dead of winter without a secondary heat source. It can easily reach -40 here if you include wind chill. -20...

I don't know...I just can't stand not shaving. My record is a whopping 2 days. I would either wax or learn how to use a straight razor. Deodorant, shampoo, soap, all that can be made at home. I already cut my own hair and chew my nails, so that's all taken care of. But I cannot go without shaving!!!

SKR8PN - where I'm located, there are wells drilled anywhere from 60 to 300 feet. The bedrock up here is at varying depths. Anyhoo, I talked to my husband and he said the best thing to do is to talk to a good well driller and see what they think. He doesn't want to give you bad advice over the...

I checked out the videos on youtube, and my husband is thinking about building one to heat a greenhouse. Any thoughts on that? Would it work well or would it be better to have a regular ol' woodstove?

According to this, crystal deoderant doesn't have aluminum in it. It has 2 different types of alum, potassium alum and ammonium alum. Apparently these types are very safe. http://www.thecrystal.com/faq.cfm I tried sugar waxing and it does work really well, I don't even think it was all that...

I canned a few pints of sweet relish a few weeks ago, that was my first time canning relish too! Yesterday I canned 3 pints of diced tomatoes. None of my tomatoes want to ripen at the same time, so I am canning them as they come this year.

I could ask my husband about it when he gets home from work, he works at a well drilling and septic company. He just explained hydrofracturing to me the other day, and now I've completely forgotten what it is. What exactly is the problem with your well?

I like bay leaves and thyme in my chicken noodle soup, they give the soup great flavor.

If I find info online, I write it down in a notebook right away. I am very forgetful and tend to forget to bookmark things, so writing them down is a must for me. I have 1 full notebook and am about halfway through another. I write down everything from basics on beekeeping and soapmaking to...