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On Making Stuff from Scratch

Even a Practical Pioneer has a sense of humor.  I mean, we really crack ourselves up around here on our little mountain homestead. . .it’s kind of sad, really, what gives us the giggles. And it doesn’t...

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Home Made Laundry Detergent / Soap

In the last post, we showed you how to make a dang good approximation of prairie ice cream, which was delicious!  Trouble is, after we were done, we noticed that the kids had created quite a mess....

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Home Made Dishwashing Detergent

My Pastor’s wife said she’d tried my home made laundry detergent but was also looking for an inexpensive home made dishwasher detergent.  I knew I had some recipes somewhere, so I promised her I’d root...

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The Beautiful Art of Re-Purposing

I think I’ve mentioned before my (ever-so-slight) addiction to our website and blog stats. They just mesmerize me, though I’m still not quite sure why.  I think it has something to do with the fact...

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Re-Purposing the Stuff in Your Pantry

As you probably read in my recent post on The Art of Re-purposing, I have a wee bit of a thing for the concept. . .but it doesn’t stop with re-purposing STUFF! I’m hugely fond of re-purposing foods and...

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Home Made Lemon Sugar Scrub

We may be Practical Pioneers around here, but Little House on the Prairie we are NOT. Last Christmas we had store bought gifts under the tree, many requiring batteries or an electrical outlet. And...

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Re-Purposing Mayonnaise — 15 Alternative (and Surprising!) Uses

In the midst of a recent big, huge, wonderful purge, we discovered some hidden jars of mayonnaise that had gone slightly past their use-by date. I, personally, would have just checked to see if the...

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Awesome Home Made Carpet Cleaner Solution

Most of our mountain home has lovely hardwood floors, but some bedrooms do have carpet, as does the family room and a set of stairs.  That’s nice for the feet on a cold winter’s morning, but notsomuch...

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Home Made Air Conditioner: DIY FAIL!

The cheeky realtor who showed us our mountain home lied. Big time. I’d come over from the UK to look at a bazillion homes in a very short period of time,  so I attribute my tragic sense of gullibility...

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