Don’t you just love it when you find out you can use something for more than its intended purpose? Not only does it make you feel creative and somewhat adventurous, but it also saves money (yea!) and cuts down on ...
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Go Natural In Your Home
When it comes to choosing the appropriate methods of cleaning, it’s important to find a product that works well. Sometimes it just seems impossible to get that stubborn soap scum off the bathroom sink or erase the mystery stain that ...
Read More »A Fireplace For Home And Hearth: The Old Traditions Are The Best
Few home features will make more of a favorable impression than a properly installed, well-maintained wood-burning fireplace. Pick whatever adjectives you prefer – comforting, stylish, traditional, inviting, romantic, picturesque, etc. – but however you choose to describe it, there is ...
Read More »Fall Planting, Planning, and Preparations
While many of us think only of spring as planting time, there is much gardening to be done throughout fall. Officially, fall begins with the autumnal equinox, but a much better description of fall comes from master gardener Paul James: ...
Read More »Top 3 Natural Cleaning Products
My favorite ingredient for house cleaning is grease – elbow grease, that is. I’m a firm believer that an extra bit of effort works as well as or better than most of the fancy and expensive products on the market. ...
Read More »How To Store Your Guns In The Off-Season
When the snow begins to fall, that’s when you feel like calling it quits. Now, some hunters and shooters are die hard and will put rounds down range in four feet of snow, but you aren’t as crazy. You might ...
Read More »How To Save Money By Making Your Own Cleaning Products
There are lots of reasons why you may want to make your own home cleaning products. Maybe you are working hard to get your household off the grid, or maybe you are just trying your best to weather the recession. ...
Read More »The Top Five Mistakes New Gun Owners Make
It may seem like a daunting task to get through the pre-work in buying a first gun; it can feel like an overwhelming process. But there is a way to keep the task at hand to a pleasurable experience so ...
Read More »Caring for Your Handmade Quilt
Recently I wrote an article introducing readers to quilting. As we move from consumerism to producing, and from convenience to making and caring for things by hand, skills like this are going to be more important than ever. Now that ...
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