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Well, the time has come... our dryer decided to shuffle its mortal coil yesterday and we're dryer-less. The old me would have whined for a new HE model. The new me says "eh, why do i need a dryer anyway?" What I need to know, from all those voluntarily or involuntarily dryer-less, is this...

For the longest time (well over 18 months) I have wanted to make my own detergent. You can't beat the price. Well, I have only ever been able to find Borax. Washing Soda was no where to be found anywhere in my area (I checked the Arm&Harmer website) and neither was fels-naptha or zoat soap...

I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, but since it's about making some money, I figured here was as good a place as any. I know when you buy into a CSA it usually includes fun activities and day at the farm type stuff. I don't have a farm. I have 1.25 acres, a 1950s ranch house and a...

I have always been a big supporter of homeschooling. I even tried to convince my mother to let me home school myself in high school (that didn't happen). DH KNOWS how I feel about public and private schools but he keeps putting his foot down that our kids will go to public school. He says we...

Does anyone can pineapple? I know it can be done (it says so in "Putting Food By") but I was wondering what some favorite recipes might be!

I was wondering if anyone who uses a spreadsheet for tracking/budgeting their purposes would be willing to share the general layout of their document? I want to start tracking, and I can use excel but when it comes to the layout, I'm at a loss and I need some ideas. Thanks in advance!

does anyone sell their kombucha? I know that people sell extra SCOBYs, but what are the legalities of selling the drink itself? I've been making mine for several months and I always have a LOT in the house because I'm the only one who drinks it. Since I will have a stall at the farmer's market...

Satisfy my curiosity! What would you do if you only had a one acre homestead? How would you optimize space on your one acre so that you could have some income from what you grow? I currently have a house sitting on 1 acre of property in zone 5b with 4 chickens, a peach tree and a very...