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I haven't read all the pages, but one thing to consider is gift-giving at the holidays and birthdays. Homemade is the way to go. Saves money, and they usually appreciate it more. And make the thrift store and flea markets your best friends.

Okay so we just got tossed into the healthcare debate this past week by accident. DH ended up with a large gash about an inch long clear through his lip and up into his mustache, not to mention his dentures broken (long story). We have no health insurance. 1) He is self employed and I am a...

I agree. Just get one of those spinning ventilator dealies that go up over the roof vent. They blow in the wind and suck out air. I don't know what they are actually called, but they're round with slits cut in them in a spiral shape. BTW- We can run a small DC fan off a charged deep cycle...

The Ball Blue book and Putting Food By both have lots of good recipes. I recommend getting a copy of PFB to anybody who cans, freezes, dehydrates or smokes any kind of food. It has info on root cellaring even.

You're all good then!!

As long as the okra did not already sit in the pickling mixture. If it did, then you have diluted it as the salt in the pickle draws moisture out of the okra. Okra doesn't have much liquid though, so you're probably okay.

DH has discovered that the stuff works well to dry up poison ivy and other itchy rashes. We also use it like that anti-poison ivy product called Tecnu. Rub it all over any areas exposed to ivy, then rinse it off. Neither one of us has had a bad outbreak so far, and we live in a sea of Poison Ivy!

Can I get on too?? I'm basically in southern Iowa, right behind the yellow dot sticking out of missouri. Thanks

We were driving by a guy's house yesterday just as he was leaving a bunch of stuff on the curb to throw out. Got a Homelite chainsaw!!! FREE. Even if the motor is bad, the bar and chains that came with it are good, and will fit our other saws. That alone is worth about 40 or 50 bucks!

I save my bacon grease in a little tub, and dunk the dog's biscuits in it occasionally. My mom uses it for cornbread, but I use oil. Old grease makes a very good weed killer. Just pour it in any place you don't want vegetation, like along the edge of the garden fence. It eventually...

Well, DH doesn't believe in such things as life insurance! He has been told he has high cholesterol, but chooses to ignore such annoyances. I guess if he croaks, he croaks!!!!

Hey tanks-- I don't have a DD, so you must be confusing me with someone else!!! :lol: And Enjoy-- yep, I've only got two bobbins for it also. The person who had it before me just had the bobbins loaded up with layers of all colors of thread. They just added new colors over the old ones. I...

Thanks everyone-- I sent an email to a local beekeeping club to see what they suggest... but I'm not able to check private email here at school! I can check at one school, but not the other. Just as an added bit of information, just over the hill about a mile away as the crow flies, the...

I found a really nice treadle sewing machine at the thrift store! Paid only $40 and it works! The original accessory kit and instruction book came with it also. It's a "Ruby" and it's beautiful! It took me forever to figure out the tension, but I think I've got it down pretty well. I am not...

So a hive of bees moved into my duck box stuck on a tree, and they appear to be rapidly outgrowing it. I am really glad to have a local hive, right next to my garden no less, but they will not survive the winter in that box. It is totally unprotected from the elements, and surely they will...

Margy should be illegal. Then I wouldn't have a choice! I never bake with Margarine. My grandma used to buy those sticks of margarine and mush them all down into a little butter jar she kept on the table. She served bread and "butter" at every meal! I find it pretty funny that on my tub of...

Found a nice chicken of the woods mushroom a couple days ago. Really fresh and very tasty!! It's been unusually wet and cool here this summer.

I was eating dinner over at a friend's house and he had a tub of margy on the table. It had expired over a year previously, but appeared to be good as new! I'll admit that I buy the plastic tub b/c the DH uses a TON of it. If I bought only butter I bet I'd go broke! There is very little...

You need to get ahold of the Original 1861 Fanny Farmer Cookbook. It has EVERYTHING in it. You can find it at Barnes and Noble or whatever. I've got one. It has all kinds of stuff in it about recipes, foods for invalids, drinks, supplies, household tips, etc.

Hey anyone from Iowa-- I found Washing Soda at Fareway. It was about $2.60 for a large box, plus no shipping! woohoo! So anybody familiar with fareway grocery stores, get it there.