home & garden

How To Make a Survival Kit

Submitted by Adelle Frank on February 17, 2009
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If you've ever considered making yourself a survival kit (or 72-hour kit, bug-out bag, etc.), you may have ended up like me - pulling out your hair over the unending lists of things you ABSOLUTELY must include.

In an effort to help you, dear reader, as well as myself, I'm trying to organize the overwhelming amount of information I've found into manageable chunks.

How to compost for beginners: the easy 2-trash can method

Submitted by Adelle Frank on January 10, 2009
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I admit it: I am a lazy composter. So, when we decided to start composting, I wanted to find the easiest way to handle our kitchen scraps.

Solution? Garbage bin composters = NO MAINTENANCE.

Organic gardening: natural pesticides

Submitted by Adelle Frank on January 2, 2009
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We had great success preventing our tomatoes from getting eaten this past summer by using a natural, organic pesticide. There are lots of organic pesticides that you can make on the cheap.

The Perfect Loaf - a Bread Machine Recipe

Submitted by Adelle Frank on May 9, 2008
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I finally got the top of my perfect loaf of whole grain, nutty bread to stop falling at the top. Here is the successful recipe: