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Keeping Ants Out Of The Kitchen

June 2, 2010

Have you had ants in your kitchen lately? A few weeks ago they appeared in my kitchen. For several days I killed them each time I saw one but I became increasingly annoyed as the number of them grew. My first thought was – I need to buy some ant traps. My second thought was [...]

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Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner

May 3, 2010

A while back I had an “Ask The Readers” post, soliciting advice for all-purpose cleaners. I’d been trying out several variations of a vinegar-based cleaner, but I was NOT a fan of the scent – yes, it evaporates but still. There were some great ideas in the comments of that post but there’s one in [...]

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Trying Out Cloth Bread Bags

April 22, 2010

You all know that I make all of our bread. I have for a long time. All the time that I’ve been making it I’ve been buying plastic bread bags. They work just fine but there’s something about spending money on an item that I intend to throw out that gets to me. I’ve written [...]

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Cloth Napkin Rings

April 12, 2010

I finally got tired of looking at my Fall/Winter cloth napkins this week. I pulled out my enormous stash of fabric and began looking for spring-looking scraps that were big enough for napkins. I found some and began cutting them out (Word for the wise – as soon as you set your rotary cutter down, [...]

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Ask My Readers: Homemade Cleaners

January 29, 2010

Lately I’ve been experimenting with homemade cleaners. I already wrote about laundry detergent (which I still love) and I’m about to try out a dishwasher detergent (post coming soon) but what I haven’t been able to get is an all-purpose cleaner. I’ve tried some recipes – but the thing I can’t get around is the [...]

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