Sharon Howard
Surviving Out There. Altar’d: Custom Hand Painted & Refinished Furniture and Vintage Home Décor. Recently, I posted my experience with Annie Sloan Chalk type Paint & the comments on our Facebook Page went wild.
Some love it, some love the paint and not the wax, and some have never tried it. I like a lot of the colors of Annie Sloan Chalk type Paint, but I prefer the durability of using latex paint, so I spent a few hours with a ton of paint chips and found an almost exact match for each of ASCP’s shades. I prefer Behr Paint {found at the Home Depot}, and Sherwin Williams Paint because they are high quality, easy to use, and are very durable. If you have more kids than adults in your home like we do, then you’ll appreciate the durability of latex paint on your furniture & walls. ASCP= Annie Sloan Chalk Paint SW= Sherwin Williams If you love…. Sherwin Williams offers all of their colors in a sample size that is 31 oz for under $7 each. No dig gardens - how to do no dig gardening by gardening the no dig way! Eartheasy Blog - StumbleUpon.
It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest.
As the limitless energy of my youth gradually gave way to the physical realities of mid-life, the slow accretion of experience eventually led to an awareness that less work can result in greater crop yields. Inspired in part by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, One Straw Revolution, my family experimented with gardening methods which could increase yields with less effort. Fukuoka spent over three decades perfecting his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Here are the strategies we used which enabled us to greatly increase our garden yield, while requiring less time and less work. 1. With ‘no-till’ gardening, weeding is largely eliminated. 2. Gardeners are always on the lookout for free sources of clean organic mulch to add to their garden. Free Cookbooks & Canning Books.
Free Ebooks: Homesteading & Related. Well Health. Longevity. Constantly Tired? Here Are 10 Herbs To Increase Energy, Vitality, And Adaptability. By JOHN SUMMERLY How difficult is it for us to achieve a work-life balance?
How much more difficult is it to achieve a life-energy balance? And does it not seem that there are never enough hours in the day to achieve any balance at all? You’re not alone. Your days may seem that way, but in truth the balance is always there, always available and always achievable. Adaptogenic herbs demonstrate a nonspecific enhancement of the body’s ability to resist a stressor. Herbal formulas found in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic medicine restore a healthy stress response typically using traditionally prepared as formulas.
Rhodiola rosea (Golden Root, Roseroot, Aaron’s Rod) is effective for improving mood and alleviating depression. DIY: How To Store & Make Your Own Herbal Remedies. By AMY JIRSA Back in the olden days (and even in the not-so-olden past and present homesteading days), a stillroom was a necessity in every rural home.
This was a designated space (think a modern-day pantry of sorts) which housed herbs, jars, recipe books, tinctures, teas, and preserving agents (like alcohol, honey, and vinegar). This room was where the woman of the house (yes, most often it was the woman) created cosmetics, home brews, preserves, and a year’s worth (at least) of herby medicinals. Can you imagine? I would love to travel back and just step foot into one of these medieval distilling rooms — think of the medicinals, recipes, and lore passed down from generation to generation, all housed in one well-organized room? Intrigued yet? Begin with a bit of research and observation; what herbs do you use or buy on a regular basis? Next, I stocked my menstruums (or the fluid in which herbs are preserved, then strained from, necessary in tincture making).
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Photo – © librakv – Fotolia.com Cracked heels are a bothersome condition that is caused by dryness affecting the thickened skin of heels. Most of these remedies focus on two principles: 1) intensive moisturization and 2) scrubbing away the thickened skin of the heel to leave the softer, more flexible skin underneath. Now I’m imagining that some of these are going to work also for cracked fingertips. One important home remedy for cracked heels that was missing from the list: Epsom Salt.
One more thing I have to note – I would avoid the paraffin wax and vaseline remedies. Ok here’s the link to the full tutorial: Urban Gardening. Essential Oil Treatments For Swollen Ankles, Legs and Feet. Please Share This Page: Google +
600 Reasons Turmeric May Be The World's Most Important Herb. 600 Reasons Turmeric May Be The World’s Most Important Herb. How to Make Magnesium Oil to Improve Sleep and Reduce Stress. I’ve written before about how I use magnesium daily and why I feel it is such a vital part of overall wellness . Many people are deficient in this vital mineral that the body uses for hundreds of reactions. Top 10 Anti-Inflammatory Herbs.
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Composting. Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities. This guide is written for anyone seeking help from federal programs to foster innovative enterprises in agriculture and forestry in the United States.
Specifically, the guide addresses program resources in community development; sustainable land management; and value-added and diversified agriculture and forestry. Thus, it can help farmers, entrepreneurs, community developers, conservationists, and many other individuals, as well as private and public organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit. The guide can also help USDA and other agency employees become aware and take better advantage of the enormous array of federal programs and resources available to their clients in supporting agricultural and forestry innovations.
This edition constitutes the guide's fifth printing and third complete update, incorporating programs from the 2008 Farm Bill. Learn more by reading the detailed Introduction. Smokehouse Construction. Self Sufficiency Guides for living a more Self Sufficient Life. Practical self sufficiency through food skills. Volkswagen. Mason Jars into Soap Dispensers. Simple Homemade DIY Gifts. Aquaponics.