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That's so funny, LG! My boys and I LOVE the smell of the FN when I make the soap and can't get enough of that smell throughout the house. When the boys make a comment about something other than food smelling good, I know it must not be my weird liking for certain smells.

I agree. For some reason people have come to believe that they should have meat on a daily basis and with at least two meals of the day, if not with every meal. My poor DIL goes round in circles trying to "plan meals" because she was raised in a household that held to the standard of having...

Yep...my dogs ate my grapes each year before I could harvest them. And ate apples by the ton, eat corn like crazy, stole tomatoes from my garden, loved carrots and carrot pulp and would eat them like candy. Foxes love wild grapes as well.

Sounds like you could really use the Back to Eden garden method for your soil and a composting deep litter system for your coop. Both would benefit your soil and your chickens in a long lasting way and reduce your total labor to get food and for chicken chores. All those things you are putting...

This time of year demonstrates one of the best things about the homemade detergent....no static cling. I love that about this stuff! I live where we heat entirely with wood and the air gets dry, even with a large kettle on the fire at all times, so laundry tends to get real static if...

We treat it like any other day and avoid going to town during these times and getting caught up in the madness and movement of this time of year. We've never really done Christmas like other people and have moved more and more away from it all over the years, particularly these past few. We...

They don't even mind eating their flockmates, sisters, mothers, fathers, etc. As you are eviscerating them there in front of them, they will hover around for any parts thrown to them.

I use that same recipe but with 4 gal. of water. Addictive, ain't it? Wait until you see how much money you aren't using for laundry anymore. And how nice it is to your septic. I agree...like the FN better. I also like the wet better than the dry recipe...found myself using too much of...

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Yep...twice! Now we make a habit of doing down sizing yearly to keep up with it. All my clothing can now fit into two duffel bags and I keep it that way...if I add anything, I make sure to take away something too. It's sort of like the oh, so infamous chicken math, except in my chicken math I...

I bet when you tell that to folks they just can't comprehend it and they will assert they "could nevah" live without this or that and be happy, but I've been there and done that and I agree wholeheartedly. Best years of my life were the most simply lived with little or nothing of the world's...

I think, for the most part, folks who grew up with nothing and were content with that seem to be able to avoid the constant acquisition habits of most of the world, even when they get enough money to acquire. Once you see how little you really need to live and be content, you know you can live...

That most accurately describes my life!

I agree! The homemade detergents are very low suds...as in "no suds"...and are much better for septic systems than commercially made detergents. If there is any soap not dissolved, someone's not making it properly. These soaps can even be used in the HE washing machines due to their low suds...

Nope...been using it now for 8-9 yrs and never had holes in the laundry from it. I still have clothes I wear often that I bought back when I first started using this detergent...I've found that, by using it, my clothing have lasted longer than they normally would do.

Did you guys know that my simple Mirro pressure canner, that I got off Amazon for $38 and free s/h costs $315 plus s/h over on the UK Amazon site? I've always wondered why they seemed to can nothing but jams, chutneys and pickles and now I know...they don't have the wonderful access to cheap...

Same here! That never gets old to me, no matter how many years we have canned. I've been on canning sessions that lasted well into midnight hours and then went to bed, only to be awakened later by that "POP!" of the seal of a Johnny come lately jar. That sound always makes me smile. It's...

Same here....had to buy our corn too. I would never have thought of using 15 bean soup as seeds for the garden but how neat of an idea! I'll have to pass that one on to my brother...he's a freak about growing different kinds of beans. LOVE your frugal style, FFM!

Great savings on meat!!! I'm getting great savings on canning up sweet corn today..... The corn we bought this morning is so perfect I can't stop marveling over it! Picked fresh this morning, grown locally and picked at the correct time for maximum sweetness but with kernels still small...

Now THAT'S impressive!