Have you thought of how you will keep your clothes, and your family, clean during a time of power loss in your community? You can wash clothes without worrying about electricity. I spent a small portion of my childhood following my Mom to the laundromat each week to wash our clothes. A washing machine was […]
Homemaking
How to Dehydrate Kale for Kale Chips?
How to Dehydrate Kale for Making Kale Chips or Kale Powder – fabulous method to preserve kale well past the season! How to Dehydrate Kale? (I should caution you that if you are doing this to make kale powder, this is not the time to flavor up your kale with oils and salt or anything […]
How to Clean Your Clothesline: Step-By-Step Tutorial
It’s spring, and when you go out to hang your clothes on the outside line for the first time this season, you might find that your clothesline doesn’t look like it’s been sitting in a fresh mountain breeze all these months, but that it’s been sitting in mud and other strange things the whole time. […]
50+ Ways to Use Household Items as Emergency Supplies
Do you ever find yourself staring at household items and wondering what to do with them when their initial purpose is used up? When emergencies come, we sometimes find that we are not as prepared for all the needs that arise as we would like to be. While we all know the typical items to […]
13 Turkey Frying Safety Tips
Follow these turkey frying safety tips to keep your Thanksgiving Day feast one that emergency personnel never have to visit! Thanksgiving Day is one of the busiest days for firefighters. Go figure that with millions of households elbow deep in mixing stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasting turkeys, and browning marshmallows for their sweet potato casserole, kitchen […]
Daylight Savings Time – 12 Chores You Should Do
Daylight Savings Time always brings big groans at our house. We dislike the change to our routine, to our sleeping pattern, and the sun setting so late in the day for most of the spring/summer when we tend to not be sun-lovers in the first place. It does have one benefit, though. I’ve also always […]
5 Must Have Cast Iron Pieces
I used to hate the idea of working with cast iron. Everything stuck, it was a hassle to clean, and it was so persnickety. But after a little education, a little elbow grease, and some practical advice, I LOVE my cast iron! Here are my… Top 5 Cast Iron Must-Haves The Skillet The all-purpose item. […]
Learn to Pickle in an Afternoon with A Primer on Pickling: Book Review
I used to love dill pickles. I’d eat them on burgers and just grab spears to snack on. Then I had my first son who stole my love for pickled items from me. My taste buds could never handle the intensity of the flavor after that period. Turns out, he grabbed it and made it […]
8 Tips to Spring Clean Your Pantry (stop groaning, it won’t hurt much)
It’s time to Spring Clean that Pantry! Yep, it’s time to clean, take stock of your food storage, and begin to SEE what you have in your pantry. Really, it won’t hurt much! Today, I’d finally had it. I was done trying to find the food I’d just purchased, tired of finding dust everywhere, tired […]
An Amazing Way to Store and Organize Spaghetti Noodles
What do you do when your pantry shelves are running over with boxes and packages, and your spaghetti noodles just end up all over the place? You find a hack to help organize your food storage area better! The Ultimate Spaghetti Storage System – a Magazine Rack! When I was doing the spring cleaning in […]