DIY Homemade Laundry Detergent

Okay, I normally like to give credit to certain bloggers or websites out there when I use their recipe however in this case my husband and I, once deciding to do this, read about fifteen different ones and took what we wanted or needed from each one. So here’s the recipe. Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent 1 Fels Naptha bar, grated 1 cup Borax 1 cup Washing Soda (DO NOT USE

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Why grow a garden?

Why should anyone grow a garden?It’s actually a good question.  I mean after all food is plentiful at the store right?Plus, food seems so cheap, so inexpensive right?  Just stick to the middle aisles, maybe cut some coupons and you’ll save a whole heck of a lot!Why grow tomatoes?  Why raise chickens?  Why keep honey bees? There are many out there around me who look at me and think I’m nuts.  I’ve

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Cutting Our Grocery Bill

Okay first let me say that yes, we have been eating out of yard a lot.  And from the farm nearby.  And from the dairy.  Now oddly enough, our grocery bill has barely gone down.  My husband, Edward, and I think it’s simply from extras that we buy here and there.  Plus, Edward has pointed out that many times we’ve gone shopping at Walmart instead of the Commissary or Shoprite

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