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This is interesting! One thing a veterinarian told me, pine extracts and oils are deadly for cats. She said never use them or anything like Hexol, which contains pine oil, for cleaning around cats.

So if I get more beans than I can use for the first batch, can I freeze the rest? Or how best to store them?

Britesea, you have a laundry soap recipe using Zote?

Oh, you guys!! I hadn't thought of all the things you could put in an ice cream cone!! :weee

I haven't found the Zote to change its texture. I have spent hours melting it, then it tends to go into blobs when the batch cools, and I have .to microwave the liquid mixture before putting it in the washer. Just too much fuss. although I love the scent, but I've gone back to Bronner's

Marianne, thanks. And I'd love to see the recipes *s*

Britesea, wow, you have been busy! What a list! Do you grow some of these? Why do you want to ferment carrots?

Britesea, I long for ice cold water when I'm outside working on a hot day. I even looked up a Slurpee machine to see what advances they've got for home use. Seems like a good blender does the trick as well. Frustratedearthmother, that's nice. I need to learn to delegate more. When my...

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have read this post!!! Now how am I going to get it out of my head? :)

Oh, I have been meaning to start doing this. Thanks for all the info you guys have. A friend of mine is really, really into this, and gives classes on it There does seem to be good information on how it improves health. The raw honey sounds like a great addition. Good to know about the...

It's hard work doing things by hand, it often takes whole days sometimes as the things mount, circumstances don't cooperate, etc. What do you use that makes your life a little easier? I love paper towels, and I used to feel guilty using them, but I figure I do everything else without...

This sounds great, thanks for posting it! :)

You guys are inspiring! I managed 8 pints of blackberry jam, and the vines are only about halfway through producing. Praying that the wind does not knock the apricots off the tree, my favorite jam! :)

The starter is important that it not be yogurt that has any pectin or thickeners in it, only the live cultures. I actually make it in a hot car, and making sure it's out there by 9:00 AM, too. I fill quart jars with 1/4 C live full- milk yogurt and milk that's been heated until it just stings...

Oh, everything is on a powerstrip, so the house asks for nothing when they are all off. But the 700 watt microwave uses less in 5 minutes than the 1100 watt cooktop, which takes much longer than 5 minutes to do the same thing. But I don't cook much in the microwave, maybe a baked potato in 5...

Isn't it a surprise to find out just how much you use something when you don't have it? Going solar got rid of a lot of appliances for us. Down-sized fridge, and in the winter months (short days/storms) it has to be on a timer so it only runs every other hour, or it takes the batteries down...

So cool, Rebbetzin. Thanks for posting that! We have lots of lizards that I need to keep inside my fenced-in area, and while I've given them logs and little piles of shade cloth (they love that stuff), these are much nicer and probably can be a home to many more types of critters. :) Although...

Yeah, these things are so tempting to figure out what to put in them. so far I've stored mixed nuts that I buy separately and mix my own, haven't noticed any trouble with coffee smell. Tea bags that come in boxes I like to have sealed in these. And my laundry powder mixture of 20 Mule Team...

txcanoegirl, great score on the doors, and wonderful story about your family doors. Isn't that wonderful? :)

I have a 7' chicken wire fence with a string at 8' so the bevies of quail can see the fence. You know, the first 10 guys make it over and Number 11 goes "smack" into it. The deer are pretty easy to deter and a fence has worked well for us. The racoons can climb any fence you give them, so you...