It seems a bit of a stretch to try and think about cooking and eating with tin cans, but there’s a history to this practice that’s worth considering. During the Great Depressions, many men found themselves not only displaced, but ...
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15 Surprising & Practical Off-Grid Uses For Olive Oil
You probably already know about the health benefits of olive oil. Rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, olive oil is loaded with antioxidants that help our bodies fight inflammation. However, olive oil also is useful for a wide variety of other ...
Read More »9 Reasons You Should Stockpile Lemon Essential Oil (Got A Wood Stove? Try No. 5)
With its fantastic, fresh aroma and multiple uses, lemon essential oil is truly a favorite oil. I use it for everything from boosting my mood to clearing my head to deodorizing my home and keeping those pesky bugs off of ...
Read More »12 Amazing Off-Grid Uses For A Simple Steel Wool Pad
You probably have a box of steel wool under your kitchen sink, and so did your mother and her mother before her. Commercial brands (such as Brillo, which was patented in 1913) are steel wool scouring pads that have been ...
Read More »17 Surprising Off-Grid Uses For Versatile Cornstarch
Most often used in cooking as a thickening agent, cornstarch is one of those items you may be underutilizing in your household. First, let’s take a look at what cornstarch is. As its name implies, cornstarch – sometimes called corn ...
Read More »Going All-Natural Doesn’t Have To Be Expensive
As long as I can remember I have had a certain predicament when shopping. I know I don’t want to use unsafe chemicals in my home and body, but the safe products are often too expensive for my tight budget. ...
Read More »17 Amazing Survival Uses For Paracord
Paracord is quite simply one of the most amazing and versatile survival products out there. It has so many potential uses that it’s hard to keep track of them all; it’s one of many products that have transcended their initially ...
Read More »15 Incredible Uses For Lemons
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 ...
Read More »Getting The Most Corn For Your Kernel
Corn is one of the best vegetables to grow because of just how easy it is to grow, even when other vegetables are succumbing to the brutal heat of the summer. A lot of gardening experts, however, will tell you ...
Read More »The Surprisingly Practical Taurus Judge
The words practicality and Taurus Judge usually aren’t seen together. Bringing up the Taurus Judge, even a simple question about it, will elicit insults and sneers. You’ll be told how ridiculous and useless or a weapon it is. Your typical ...
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