No ‘Poo Update

I haven’t updated on my shampoo-free experimentation. But I got a question via email recently, so thought I’d do a quick update.
I’m back to using an organic shampoo and natural-ish conditioner. I only use a teaspoon or so of the shampoo, and just on my roots, every other day . I had to take a [...]

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Update-y

So, as my sister so kindly commented ;o), I’ve been poor about posting lately. Sorry. I have lots of good reasons, some of which you know, and some of which you will hear about in the days to come. Basically, life is full, and I am mostly pleased with that. It just leaves me exhausted [...]

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Shepherd’s Dream

This company, which sells all natural wool mattresses and other wool and organic cotton bedding products, has all their mattresses on sale for 25% off, and other wool products on sale for 20% off. This is a fantastic deal, as these things can be very pricey. I’m hoping to save enough to get one of [...]

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Betz White

I am in love with Betz White’s blog. She’s got a whole list of tutorials for recycled wool, which is my fabric of choice for crafting this season. Check it out.
(She also has a book on the same topic that I have on hold at the library.)

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Gift Wrapping Alternatives

Okay, so for you fellow crafters, Christmas is just around the corner, isn’t it? I always say I’m going to start crafting my next year’s gifts on 12/26 so that I can keep up this year, but I never really do it. And now I’m scrambling around, making lists, taking inventory, figuring out just how [...]

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Thermos Cooking

Inspired by this post over at The Deliberate Agrarian, and also by my Sue Gregg Breakfasts cookbook, I decided to make some thermos oatmeal last night for breakfast this morning. I grabbed my two 32 oz. stainless steel thermoses out of a moving box (yes, we still have plenty of those unpacked around here), the [...]

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How Did I Not Know About This Before?!

Tillers International is right around the corner from us! And I never even knew about it? How cool is this organization?
Do you want to farm with animal power, or learn farm skills to share with the world’s poor? [From Serina: [...]

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Lead in Vitamins & Flame Retardants in Toddlers

If you have children, you must be educated about the risks of lead and flame retardants. Here are some new articles I came across today:
From the FDA: Survey Data on Lead in Women’s and Children’s Vitamins – We use Rainbow Light, and all of our vitamins were listed on this report as containing lead.
Levels Three [...]

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Rain, rain, rain. In my fireplace insert.

We had over eight inches of rain in 48 hour period this weekend. Awesome, but not awesome, you know? My husband spend the weekend splitting firewood on our rented splitter. In pouring rain. He is amazing, that man.
But please pray for our fireplace situation. Our new insert, which has only been used once and saw [...]

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Lead in Slow Cookers & Electric Cords

SLOW COOKERS
Yes, folks, it’s true. Most (perhaps all) slow cookers contain lead in their glazing, which leaches out easily at higher, sustained temperatures (like slow cooking). I have hesitated posting this for months because I haven’t wanted to believe it’s true, and I want to test my own crock pot for myself. I haven’t gotten [...]

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