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When skies hang low and gray, few things brighten an indoor corner quite like a citrus tree. Laden with camouflaged limes or unignorable lemons, modern dwarf varieties mean that growing citrus is no longer the exclusive purview of the fortunate ...

  For most people, spring is a welcome sign. Days get longer, the temperature starts to rise, and the trees bloom. But sometimes the spring bloom brings unwanted pests into our living areas. One such pest is the ant. Made ...

Stockpiling food and fuel may not be enough to stay healthy during disasters, natural or man-made. Illnesses have a way of visiting even the healthiest of people when we are most inconvenienced. When you are in a situation with no ...

Essential oils have a long history of being used for physical and mental well-being. In fact, people with a substantial stock of essential oils — and a working knowledge to make the best out of them — were always revered ...

It’s amazing how much money can be saved when switching from traditional household products full of chemicals to simple all-natural products. Don’t believe me? Give it a try. Most of the products on the list below contain inexpensive ingredients such ...

The fresh, clean smell of lemon is something that we enjoy in everything from our furniture polish to our shampoo. In addition to making refreshing lemonade in the summertime, we enjoy squirting lemon juice into our iced tea and into ...

One of the most fun kitchen science experiments I have done with my kids is the good old volcano project.  As any budding scientist knows, the combination of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) with vinegar (diluted acetic acid) generates carbon dioxide ...

A major concern in an emergency or survival situation is the tending of injuries and illnesses, but it is often difficult to lay in supplies for these potential needs. Many of the “conventional” supplies for health care are controlled by ...

I love every season in the garden and in the kitchen. Now that summer is officially over and my fresh produce from the garden has started to slow down, I’m looking forward to cooking and serving some of my most ...

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or make an air freshener, polish some copper, clean away tough bathroom stains, or disinfect your kitchen appliances. In fact, there are dozens of uses for a simple lemon besides squeezing a deliciously ...