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I have made the wet and the dry. It is basically the same recipe. For the wet you just add the water and it becomes like a gel consistency. I like the wet better. It lasts longer. Also, I have used the Zote soap instead of the Fels Naptha. I like the smell of the Fels Naptha MUCH better though...

I made peach cobbler and we ate quite a few of the peaches, but a lot of the nectarines went to the chickens ( who then gave us eggs...) My sons would cut a slice out of one and then we'd decide based on color whether to eat it or not.. Most were dark brown inside and NOT good for eating!

Just came home with a box of nectarines and peaches from the local food bank. When I cut into them they are very dark, like they were frozen in shipping ( probably why the food bank got them). Most are rock hard and need to ripen. Advice? Opinions? I tasted one and it tastes fine. Can I still...

My husband and son used a sawzall. The one with the rechargeable battery wasn't powerful enough for more than one or two before having to be recharged, but my husband has an electric sawzall that did the job nicely.

When we moved to this property there was a shed full of old tires. They were all sizes and shapes. I figured there had to be SOMETHING we could do with them. My husband cut the sidewalls off one side, and we filled them with dirt( did not drill holes in the "bottom"sidewall). The first two...

I was very surprised at how well my carrots did in the tires. I had never had very good luck with them in the garden. The rows were always crooked because the seed was so small and the carrots were puny because I didn't thin enough. In tires, there weren't any rows to speak of and, even with...

@lazy gardener Is there a particular kind of tape that you use for your carrot seeds? Something that will disintegrate, I'm guessing...I planted some carrot seeds in tires last year just to see what they'd do. Even without aggressive thinning they did very well. I plan on planting more in tires...

@Beekissed You hit the nail on the head. Wants and needs are two very different things.

I have a pantry shelf half full of dill and bread and butter pickles. My family's consensus is, that although they like the dill, they LOVE the bread and butter! I really liked the suyo long because they stayed sweet.Even if I missed one and it grew strangely, or if I picked them smaller, they...

I have started making wash cloths this way too. They seem to last longer also. I have also cut old towels into squares to line individual quilt blocks with. I have made two "quilt as you go" quilts out of scraps for my son and nephew. I am working on another patchwork quilt from scraps for my...

What is the link for making yarn out of old t- shirts? This is something I could definitely do! I love knitting, but the only things I've knitted so far are scarves and blankets. I love that it keeps my hands busy while watching T.V. or waiting for...whatever.

I have always just called this multi- tasking!

No doubt! I am always asking advice of the older generation of farmers and their wives around here. The wealth of knowledge is there, if we are just willing to ask.

Sorry about that; my quote and reply didn't work quite right that time, but it's in there!

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I remember swamp coolers. I lived in El Paso for a year about 20 years ago. Here in Kentucky the humidity is ALOT higher. It's funny, unless you've lived in both kinds of places you don't really understand the phrase " It's a dry heat..." It is totally different! I'm not sure how long it...

It seems to me I read a lot about those people from yesteryear drying much of their fruit. It takes time though. I dried some apple rings one year. It seemed like I had a lot of apples ,but after I dried them, they didn't look like much. I think a good dehydrator would make a difference( mine...

Willing to share some recipes for soap and laundry detergent?

We have been through a lot to get where we are today. Sometimes God pulls everything out from under you to get your attention. In the end it sure does help you get your priorities straight. You find out that you can do without so much of what other people deem necessary and that your family is...

We have seen that over and over in our lives as well. Somehow when we give to God first everything else falls in place. To those who don't live it,it is crazy, but it's true. With five children we have been able to "survive" on my husband's paycheck alone so that I can stay home and homeschool...