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Hello there! I have been making loads of jams and jellies for Christmas baskets, and I noticed a bag of cranberries hiding in the back of the fridge left over from thanksgiving. I would love to make a cranberry orange marmalade. I would like to make a low sugar variety, for several reasons...

So my favorite thing to do is make soup and fresh bread. I make all different kinds of soups and stews just like many of you here. Living off the grid, I don't have tons of freezer space. To preserve food, I have canned a few things. I freeze a few quarts of veggies here and there, but I...

I tried the baking soda and vinegar, but after 2 weeks, I could no longer run a brush through my hair. Not sure why, but that's neither here nor there. I'm really bummed that it didn't work for me. I use vinegar and/or baking soda for cleaning everything! I had some Bon Ami dish liquid...

I am very fortunate to have an old wood cook stove in my kitchen that came with the house. A "Jewel" range from Detroit Stove Works. It is currently not hooked up right now due to the chimney being taken down a few years ago. When we do hook it back up, we need to do some work. It is...

I am sure some of you here have some great sources for items used around the home for the self-sufficient lifestyle that don't and/or shouldn't require electricity. I have gotten a lot of ideas from... http://www.lehmans.com/store/catalog?Args= I have purchased a few things from this catalog...

I have been using a paper cone flipped upside down in a tall glass with a piece of banana in the bottom, but then I found a trick that uses a tapered plastic bottle (2-liter soda bottle). I think I will try this later. What's your best home made fruit fly trap, and what do you use as bait...

Hello! I know it's June, but I like to get things ready beforehand. Plus, we've been known to have the odd snow flurry in July, so you never know. ;) I would like electricity-free water solutions for the chicken coop. I currenlty have 16 birds. Hoping I still have 16 in the winter, what...

Apparently I do cause there's a boatload of questions, which I won't answer. :P I found this forum via BYC cause I just got chickens this spring. I got 16 chicks. 5 Dominiques, 7 Partridge Rocks, and 4 rose comb brown leghorns. I ended up with 1 PR Roo. If he's nice he can stick around...