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Homemade Laundry Detergent!
As a lady who does hot yoga and whose man works in the automotive and construction trades, I do a lot of laundry. And because I choose to not use detergents that are damaging to our water systems and...
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The marauder’s guide to “Wagenplätze”
I have been exchanging emails with a soon-to-be Frankfurter who, through his questions, has made me realize that despite all my winding narrative attempts, I’ve left a lot of unanswered questions...
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Cute Needs a Reason: How To Make a Trellised Pea Bed
“Here are sweet-peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.” – John Keats I love...
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How to Brew Water-Kefir Ginger Beer
There are as many ways to make water kefir as there are people making it. People who are already familiar with the benefits of making and drinking kefir drinks can tell you all you need to know to get...
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Tiny House Living
It has been a few years, but we are still smacking our lips to clear off the sticky now that the mortgage bubble has blown up in our nation’s collective face. As we watch our government reach its debt...
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The 5 Principles of Living Green on the Cheap (as demonstrated by Nicole and...
Kevin and Nicole are good friends of mine, and pretty amazing people. When I visited them in Louisville, Kentucky, I was completely impressed at how well they live. In the few years they’ve been...
View ArticleForge Ahead, Scavenge & Shine
Ahoy! Click Clack Gorilla! I’ve missed you but life, as it should, has come between me and my computer recently more often than not. To blame is the sun. It just keeps shining and shining, and it has...
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Try This at Home: Sprout Your Own (alfalfa, that is)
This is Evelina. Evelina’s a friend of mine from the Burning Man Dept. of Public Works, and she’s also one o’them Chicago bike punks. When Earp and I needed a place to crash, she gave us space on the...
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DIY Mason Jar Chandelier: Revisited
I’m thinking about lighting a lot lately. In the past three weeks we ( in the Mid-Atlantic area) have lost power several times due to earthquake, hurricane and flooding from record amounts of rainfall....
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3 Things To Make Out of Pet Hair
Got a sheddy pet? Boy do I. Like knitting? Uh, yeah. Make a sweater out of my pet’s hair? Never considered it. I end up wearing enough ambient dog hair as it is. I do see the benefit of using any and...
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