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Category Archives: homemade
Magical Pit Stain Remover
It’s called ‘bleach’, my husband tells me. But I was loathe to use it. Besides potential environmental dangers, I remember using bleach to reverse ‘tie-dye’ t-shirts in high school. If I left them in the bleach too long they would … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Health, homemade, household cleaner
Tagged armpit, nontoxic, stain remover, sweat stain, yellow stain
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Making Bacon Soap
We eat a lot of bacon. Even our vegetarian meals tend to have a strip of bacon. And I save every drop of grease. How could I not? I grew up with a mug of bacon grease in the fridge for frying eggs in the morning. This was ironic because we otherwise avoided animal fats (the fat-free craze was gaining speed at that time). Instead we used Imperial Margarine (Canada’s premier butter-substitute) for baking and ‘buttering’. Except for potatoes and popcorn – those were butter. I guess my parents just made this stuff up… Continue reading
Posted in DIY, homemade, homemade soap, personal care product, Scientific, soap, Sustainability, update
Tagged bacon fat, bacon grease, cleaning bacon fat, lard
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Olla Hand Building Class Spring 2013!
Yes! I will be teaching an olla hand-building class this spring at South Seattle Community College. The class will take place over two Saturdays; March 23 and March 30 from 10am-1pm. We will briefly go over the history and how-to … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, homemade, olla irrigation, spring, Sustainability, vegetable garden
Tagged hand build, south seattle community college
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Delicious and Nutritious Homemade Granola
We used to buy granola. Scott likes his with yoghurt. I like mine with milk. We would get it in bulk from the Thriftway, from the Ballard Market, from PCC. They mostly sucked (weird vanilla-y flavours). And/or they were very … Continue reading
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