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    Homemade laundry soap help please

    Just got through making my first batch, every one cross your fingers :fl
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    Big Bang Theory fans...

    she fell off her horse and broke her leg, not sure how bad but it was reported that taping may be delayed while she healed. I also didn't care for the robot arm, I have kids that like the show and they may raunch us out of watching.
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    Homemade laundry soap help please

    thanks for all the info, i found fels at an old hardware store near me for $1.98 a bar which is high compared to most of you so i think ill use ivory or the octagon i found where i get borax. can someone link the best tried and true recipe for a front load (which i hate and will never have...
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    Big Bang Theory fans...

    :thumbsup LOVE it! it is the only show that I will actually make plans to see, and that dang Kaley Cuoco is so cotton picking pretty :love, and a horse person to boot, I wonder how she's mending.
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    What to tell the butcher for deer?!

    I always tell him to give me roasts from the best parts, whole tender loin, cube the best of the left overs and grind the rest, mine will add beef fat to the ground for burgers :drool. Happy hunting
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    Homemade laundry soap help please

    I have a hard time finding Fels-Naptha soap and am about to make my first batch of homemade laundry soap. Does any bar soap work and has any one ever used Octagon soap? Octagon is a bar laundry soap similar to fels i think. Also I have a child with sensitivity to soaps, homemade soaps are...
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    Washing soda free shipping!!

    I cannot get washing soda locally so i called arm and hammer and told them about my situation and they agreed to ship it to me free and since it was the first time i had bought any i got it for 2.50 a box. I don't know if its a good price but 2 55oz boxes for $5.05 i thought was a good deal. So...
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    Uses for wine bottles?

    I hate to be the one to say it but make homemade wine. you can get corks online. Its easy to do and it tastes oh so gooooood :drool P.S. I'm not a lush :lol:
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    up here in lalaland ~ Tennessee here we come!

    im in north central Alabama, on top of Owens Mountain. you'd think i was exaggerating but i'm not. the rains would come up to our area and then just split and go down the valleys on either side of us, we planted 5# of purplehull peas in august and they just sat in the ground and burned up. Thank...
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    Getting a new horse tomorrow, fishing for name suggestions!

    call him Dewey, or Dewayne or maybe Cleavon, all real names of pets of mine by the way.
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    up here in lalaland ~ Tennessee here we come!

    FROST.... id kill for frost right now!!! All the crops have burned up months ago and only had 4 count them 4 small showers all summer, no real rain to speak of and the heat has been freaking horrendous this summer. heat indexes in the 100+ nearly all summer and tomorrows high is supposed to be...
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    Find of the century!! (for me anyway)

    yep cow poop works too. The old timers around here go into the fields and gather dried cow pies and till them into the garden in the spring. The local stock yard gets 5 bucks a scoop for fresh poop.
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    Find of the century!! (for me anyway)

    I have been hauling composted horse manure and stall bedding ALL day and have barely scratched the surface. The pile is at a horse vet/equine center near me. The manure has been composting for a couple of years and the pile is as large as my house and did i mention it is free and i can have as...
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    fired pears cooked in butter and sorghum, I love pear season :weee
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    Could you live without internet for a week?

    way to easy for me, in fact i didn't have internet most of the summer and i wouldn't have it now if my kids didn't need to use it for school. i honestly don't like or enjoy the whole typing to communicate with other people. my kids type back and forth to their friends instead of just picking up...
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    Found a website with awesome info!!

    link the print version please, it was sheer luck i found this site today so ill never find how to print it
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    Found a website with awesome info!!

    http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html I found this site while looking for a old tool and figured it may help someone out there. There is a ton of info on it.
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    old curtains help please

    I found some nice curtain valance the other day that are white cotton with embroidery at the bottom. A very nice find the problem is they are very faded not mildewed just kindly yellowish. Is there a home way to make them white again? It seems like i read somewhere that i could boil them in...
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    So is the s*%t starting to hit the fan for you?

    As I posted in another thread i am taking a $14,000 a year pay cut so i guess the ole crapola has hit our fan. I am a firefighter in a very large city who has seen the city income dwindle lately mostly due to no industry anymore, which was the city's main source of income. It has turned to the...
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    What berries are these???

    those berries are elder berries, they are very good for you if prepared correctly, they have alkyds in them that are toxic so they have to be cooked before consumption, they are great as jellies, wine, syrup, and just about any thing other berries are used for. The berries in the bottom pic are...
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