by Daisy | Nov 19, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
Of all the books on growing food, this one deals with what may be the most precious and fragile component of food production: water. After all, fine soil, gracious sunlight, the most carefully chosen seeds and plants, without water, is doomed. How desperate the...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 19, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
Of all the low hassle animals in the world, chickens are the top. They eat the leftovers. They make eggs. No food is wasted in our house, ever. My kids are free to never clean their plate, because we have chickens. Also, still worth it, mini-goats. No, we...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 18, 2013 | Crafts, Crochet
Whenever someone is continually struggling with crochet, at any point in the process, I generally find that they’ve lost tension in their grip, as seen above. Once that happens, your fingers just aren’t long enough to save you. I’ve been harping on...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 13, 2013 | Cleaning Products, Household
Daisy and I have taught many a class on DIY cleaning products. And after years of trial an error, I find that I’m a halfsy at heart. I still keep spray bottles of alcohol and vinegar around for general spray down, but when there’s something that...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 6, 2013 | Crafts, Crochet
Apart from getting the chain started, the hardest part of crochet is working the first row of stitches into the blasted chain. Again, however, the left hand grip is very important. So let’s review. 1. Grab yarn with bottom two fingers. 2. Turn hand over and...
