yeah I just used one as a vase to give my partner some wild flowers the other day. I think I will keep trying to utilize them in that way, so that someone else has to deal with them! ;) muahahaha.
marinated artichoke hearts. salsa. pickles. peperoncinos. just a few of the things I buy that are in glass jars that I just HATE throwing away (throwing them in the recycling bin) . but I already have way too many of them as leftover containers.
is putting them in the recycling bin just the...
thought you guys might be interested in this:
http://richsoil.com/greenhouse-ebook.php
it's a 180 page ebook about a design of greenhouses that utilizes many aspects of self sufficiency.
Passive Solar Energy
Thermal Mass and Passive Geothermal
Passive Ventilation
Earth Tubes
Rainwater...
I am only 23 but had a gout flare up recently (yes super fricking rare for a young woman to get gout but my dad does have it really bad) but anyway they gave me these inflammatory meds - indomethacin i think. they made me hella nauceous so I was not loving them. my friend gave me a big batch of...
Okay so we picked up the bricks from Far West Fungi in CA and then my mycology friend told me to soak the bricks in a solution of 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water. This obviously moisturized the bricks and gave them oxygen. Then I laid out a thick layer of wood chips just over regular...
to me permaculture is a big part of self sufficiency and if you guys are into self sufficiency I'm sure a lot of the permaculture principles would resonate with you.
this nifty lil children's book does a good job of talking about the permaculture concepts in a very simple way. you can get it...