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If that ever happens, it doesn't really matter what the person it happens to believes is the cause. Al Gore and Donald Trump would be in the same boat (now THERE'S a picture), staring in disbelief at the taps.

Yes, try a skein of soft bulky yarn and a P hook with just single crochet stitches. You never know...good luck.

Hey, advertise on your local Craigslist for a crochet teacher and you might just make a connection where you could learn with your daughter!

Yes, I had to laugh at the great memories of a two-week rafting trip we took on the Colorado River and our handy-dandy black shower bag tied to the raft each day to soak up all that sun for getting clean in camp each night. The guide made mock-serious claims that he should charge us extra...

I didn't find a thread on crochet and wondered if there are any other crochet fanatics out there. As a child many moons ago, I was bugging my poor grandma who was babysitting me, so she sat me down with some yarn and a crochet hook and said, here's how you make a chain. Fast forward a bunch of...

I decided to resurrect this old thread because one of the thousands of projects I'm considering for this summer is an outdoor shower. We like what this guy did: http://tinygogo.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html Seems pretty easy to set up if your roof can handle the weight of the solar...

One of my husband's buddies is a carpenter so we made a deal with him last year (barter and trade, not cash!) to build this greenhouse for us: http://www.ana-white.com/2012/05/plans/barn-greenhouse We changed the orientation of the roof panels to allow for better rain runoff and added a...

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'll give him your extra hug. :)

Sometimes I think, if you're not feeling overwhelmed, then you're not doing enough. Then I give myself a mental slap and remember that's my Type-A personality speaking. I get up every day with a plan, God laughs, and then I take comfort in what I DO get done. I'm lucky not to have any personal...

Pretty clever idea, especially for gardeners to use to wash up: http://beansbulletsbandagesandyou.com/bullets/index.php/2017/04/09/the-tippy-tap-keeping-it-clean-when-waters-tight/

Oops, I didn't see this thread before I posted my big free score under Recycling. I titled it "Recycling For Exercise" if you are interested in reading it.

We are kindred spirits. :) Maybe try talking to them about what's going on in Cape Town right now... My hubby ALSO runs the water while he shaves, which is why I wised up several years ago, stopped yelling about it, and bought him a Norelco, heh.

That does sound strange but let me explain: rather than pay for gym time, I take advantage of several rural loops of five to eight miles each in my area, speed walking to keep fit. I can't believe what I find discarded on the sides of the roads --perfectly useable items that just need washing...

We use a paddock setup I found in an old issue of Backwoods Home: http://www.backwoodshome.com/save-time-and-energy-with-the-fenced-chicken-coopgarden/ Along with the deep litter method, it's worked out great. I'd like to free-range but there's simply too many critters around here that love...

Ha, ha -- those pix of your chickens and dogs in the snow just made my day! (Imagining the flock members saying, "Hey, Henrietta, what's the deal with the ground this morning, anyway?")

I need to add that my obsession with water no doubt stems from a shallow well on the family farm that always ran dry at the end of the summer, necessitating visits to the local Y for showers and filling water jugs for drinking until the rains returned. This taught me a reverence for clean...

As a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner, I've listened to countless jokes and jeers about the "endless" rain and gray clouds and how we residents are probably suicidal during the long winters and would move to sunny climes like Arizona or California if we only had brains enough to do so. Yeah...

In perusing the threads to find a subject that relates greatly to my current level of preparedness, I decided to make my first post here. Most "preppers" are familiar with the "Rule of Threes." http://startprepping.org/prepping/rule-of-threes-survival I think I've got the first two...