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Well, my "muddle" is gonna mean that I move (hey - but Hagerstown's closer to Beekissed, I think...so not all a bad thing!). My brother and I have to discuss the whole chickens/bees/garden thing. I think he'll be on board with the garden and the bees because there's a place out of the way for...

My dog Britty the Wonder Pomeranian has gone blind. It's just sad to see him. I know dogs don't depend on their vision as much as humans do but still. I'm trying to remember not to leave shoes and purses lying around and had to barracade the steps downstairs. I researched some drops that...

This article is enough to make you about sick. http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2962 Here's a taste: Our modern predicament is a case in point. By 2005 per capita household spending (in inflation-adjusted dollars) was twelve times what it had been in 1929, while per...

Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front http://www.amazon.com/Depletion-Abundance-Life-Home-Front/dp/0865716145?&camp=212361&linkCode=wey&tag=cruncchick-20&creative=380737 Here's what is says about itself: Depletion and Abundance explains how we are living beyond our means with or...

You all KNOW how I am about line-drying. I'm sure there are those here who have seen this. http://www.laundrylist.org/ This isn't JUST about line-drying, though. It's a larger issue, too, though...how much can people be legislated. How far are we as a society willing to go in the name of...

A lady just came to my office and I issued her a key to use this weekend. My daughter and granddaughter happened to be here for a visit - just leaving. Little Adrianna and I had been talking about a rabbit for her birthday. Okay, okay - she's only gonna be two in March but YA know. So I...

A friend recommended this web site: http://www.50plusfriends.com/cookbook/crockpot/index-5b.HTML Looks to be some interesting crock pot dishes.

In my job today I was asked to type of a chart of a various sauces. The chart has 20 different sauces, ingredients and how to make them. I'd be willing to e-mail that to anyone who wants it. It's in a 11x17 format and in MSPublisher (03). You wouldn't necessarily have to print it to use it...

Sounds like I'm not the only one in a muddle today and there's good advice just pouring out of people here...so here goes: I am married to dh and live on a property he bought and does not have my name on (even though he only bought it 2 years ago). Our relationship is...difficult, to say the...

So, I've decided I really don't know how to cook. I'm gonna make my focus this year to learn to cook "peasant food" or staples like polentas, beans, potatoes, etc. I've had all sorts of cooking classes (just call me Becky Home-Ecky) and gourmet cooking - but my goal would be to feel as though...

Question about dehydrating small stuff: I bought a Ronco dehydrator (yeah, I know) at the Big Lots earlier this year. I had one when my kids were little and had reasonable success with - although it was used primarily for meat jerkies (son) and fruit leathers (daughter) and those really nice...

I saw the best idea...it's on a Web site for a lighthouse where you can go and be a lighthousekeeper. http://www.roseislandlighthouse.org/keeper_options.html Since the lighthouse is located on an island, water conservation is even more important...so they keep a "tinkle tracker" in the...

Okay, wanted to let everyone know about the air-powered wood splitter test run. We ordered our splitter from http://www.westcoastminisplitter.com/ . I had read someone's review on that company in a diy forum while I was researching these on-line. We ordered the 12-ton version (which was...

OH yeah! :weee The fuel oil company came for their watch dog delivery and it was 5.2 gallons (FIVE POINT TWO) to fill 'er up. We fired up our woodstove on October 19. Last year we bought over 600 gallons for the season (over a couple o' thousand bucks worth). Century Woodstove with...

Name: Jenna Birthday: January, 1958 Hometown: Grew up in Boyds, Maryland - not far from here. Current Residence: Braddock Heights, Maryland Relationship Status: married Political Views: Libertarian Religious Views: Spiritual, not religious. If I had to pick I would say Quaker...

1. To cheat the power company of kilowats. 2. Exercise (bend and s-t-r-e-t-c-h). 3. Fresh air instead of that weird dryer air. 4. Show off my totally hot clothespin apron. :cool: 5. Cultivate a sense of humor (which you need when bird poop ends up on your good blouse). 6. Foster...

Hi there. I'm Jenna and a newbee here. I live in Frederick, MD. I'm going to get some chickens this spring and I just registered today for a beekeeping course - YAY! I want to start some raspberries and blueberries, too. I've been involved in simplicity and self-sufficiency all my life -...