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It's as easy to romanticize the past as it is to demonize it; instead, let's learn from it. More than living simply, more than living 'green', thrifty grandmas knew the importance of the 'economics' in Home Economics. The history of home ec, lessons in thrift, practical tips and ideas from the past focused on sustainability for families and out planet. Companion to http://www.thingsyourgrandmotherknew.com/
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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Wardrobe Thoughts: When Saving Isn't Saving

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My plastic bottle greenhouse

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How I've built my greenhouse from plastic bottles, recycled wood and old fence posts. How it is doing, both structurally and horticulturally, what's growing in it, changing on it or falling off it. Plus links to other ways of using Plastic bottles.
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Frugal Kitchen & Pantry Tips | Descoware: Vintage Cookware Still Popular... and a Bargain to Boot | Frugal Café

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Dumpster Diving Tips. How To Dumpster Dive.

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How To Grow Blueberry Bush In Your Garden | Blueberry Bush

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Blueberry is a delicious fruit, which is full of nutrients and health benefits. It’s rich in antioxidant, which helps fight different diseases and certain types of cancer.
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Eat less meat to prevent climate disaster, study warns

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Fertilisers used in growing feed crops for cattle produce the most potent of the greenhouse gases causing climate change
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How Vegetable Oils Replaced Animal Fats in the American Diet

How Vegetable Oils Replaced Animal Fats in the American Diet | Vintage Living Today For A Future Tomorrow | Scoop.it
In this excerpt from The Happiness Diet, discover how Procter & Gamble convinced people to forgo butter and lard for cheap, factory-made oils loaded with trans fat.
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Vintage Green: Live Simply and Save Money With Age-Old Wisdom

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Grandma grew up green. Use the age-old wisdom passed down through cultures around the world to improve your quality of life.
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Myra's gazebo from a corn crib | Flea Market Gardening

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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Meatless Italian Dishes From Chef Boyardee

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Simply Klassic Home: My "Junkin' Pumpkin" {The Original Canning Jar Ring Pumpkin}

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5 Tips For a Bountiful, Water-Saving Vegetable Garden in a Time of Drought

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If droughts are here to stay, it's time to start planning gardens that can handle the heat. Find out what water-saving vegetables to plant and how to plant them here.
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Dishfunctional Designs: God Save The Pallet! Reclaimed Pallets Revamped

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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Reduce Waste

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If a tree falls in the city, does it do anyone any good?

If a tree falls in the city, does it do anyone any good? | Vintage Living Today For A Future Tomorrow | Scoop.it
Many, if not most, trees planted in cities are dead within five years. A new generation of urban tree stewards is helping to keep them alive long after the planting has past.
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Encountering the Liminal: A Shamanic Space for Healing Self and Community

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The following essay was delivered by me, Carl Golden, as a lecture at the Abundancia Feast at the Grange in Woodinville, WA, on February 22, 2012. "Who are YOU?" asked the Caterpillar. This was not...
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Recycled Chairs Make for Chic Clothes Hangers

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Designed by Antonello Fusè, the Abitudini series of recycled chair hangers, takes playful old chairs and transforms them into sturdy hangers that will look so good, you'll hate to close your closet door.
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Want to pick wild plants? 4 foraging rules.

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Last summer, as I was walking to the local park, I noticed a huge rosemary bush growing through a crack in the sidewalk, leaning up against a building wall. Oooh rosemary! I ran my fingers through ...
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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Vintage Consumer's Pledge

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ON SALE vintage Better Homes and Gardens New Garden book 1968

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vintage Better Homes and Gardens New Garden book ©1968 a complete guide for roses, trees, lawns, shrubs, soils, vegetables and landscaping 400
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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Make Your Own Dustless Cloth

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Living With Extended Family: The Ultimate Mother-In-Law Nightmare, Or A Gift?

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Early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts, study shows

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A new study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during the last ice age and lived alongside giant extinct mammals.
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Things Your Grandmother Knew: Glass Jar Storage

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