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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Vanilla Pudding Mix
Makes about 5 batches of pudding Ingredients 3/4 cup dry milk powder such as Nildo 3/4 cup Clear-jel or Corn Starch 1 ¼ cup granulated white vanilla sugar 4 whole vanilla beans 2 teaspoons Kosher salt To make the pudding, … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, Cookware and bakeware, Corn Starch, Home, Ingredient, Milk, Powdered milk, Pudding, sugar, Vanilla, Vanilla extract, Whisk
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Homesteading 21st Century Definition
Suburbhomesteads are family dwellings built as subsistence residences or converted to provide large gardens and or permacultured landscaping. They may include green energy technology or working historical repoductions. They may be located in outlying areas, semi-urbanized areas, or anywhere in between. They may include power generation … Continue reading
Back To Basics Ebook
home acre An Ebook to tickle the brain to new modes of living. “Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural craving. Artificial modes of life, it is true, can destroy it, but it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Kindle, Digital rights management, E-book, EPUB, iBooks, IPad, Retailing, United States
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Basil Garden Dreaming……
Bushy Plant Growth Tip: Start pinching the plant when it reaches 6″ tall to promote bushy growth. When the plant produces a blossom, make sure to pinch the whole stem that produced it (not just pinching off the blossom itself) … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, easy, garden, Gardening, Herb, homesteading, India, Kitchen garden, plant, Seed, tomato, Wine tasting descriptors
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Broccoli Garden Dreaming…
Romanesco broccoli, or Roman cauliflower, is an edible flower of the species Brassica oleracea, and a variant form of cauliflower. Romanesco broccoli was first documented in Italy (as broccolo romanesco) in the sixteenth century. It is sometimes called broccoflower, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged Broccoli, Cauliflower, cooking, easy, frugal, Fruit and Vegetable, garden, Gardening, Home, homesteading, Italy, Romanesco, vegetable
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Seed Mania
Seed procured and sorted by date for planting. Here is a PDF for print your own Seed packet. Editable. veggieseed Related Articles Saturday Seed – 36 (Serenity) (runeslinger.wordpress.com) Today is Seed Swap Day! (celebrategreen.net) SEED Conference January 2008 – Chicago … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry, Business, cheap, easy, FarmVille, Field Crops, frugal, garden, Gardening, plants, Seed, Seed Testing
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Leeks Garden Dreams….
Leek (Allium Porrum), a flat-leaved, bulbous, hardy biennial, is probably a native of the Mediterranean region, where, particularly in Egypt, it has been used for culinary and medicinal purposes since prehistoric time. Leek, though of the onion family, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Allium, Egypt, frugal, garden, Gardening, Home, homesteading, how to, Leek, Onion, plant, United States, vegetable
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Snow Day 2011
Keep warm, keep dry, and use rope to mark the way back. People can become stranded in their automobiles or trapped at home, without utilities or other services. The aftermath of a winter storm can have an impact on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Midwestern United States, National Weather Service, Sean Welch, Snow, United States, Weather, Winter storm
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