By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
Here’s a project that I really thought would fit the “Pinterest fail” category — you know, where you see the pictures and then try it at home and realized you’ve wasted forty dollars in ingredients and two hours of work. This project was so successful that we laughed and giggled. Then we invited over a […]
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We are lucky to have nettle all around us here in the Sequoia National Forest, for nearly nine months a year at various elevations, giving us a great chance to nourish ourselves for the cost of fresh air, some clipping, and steeping or cooking. We rely on a frozen nettle stash through the year for […]
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Depending on your location, dragon fruit may be one of the most exotic fruits in your life. You may not even be able to find it in stores. Dragon fruit (pitaya) is a tropical fruit. Here in California, we can find it in southern California markets when it’s in season but I would venture a […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Natural Home
I know that none of you guys have a toilet ring as bad as the one in the video and I am sure that I let this go for five years (or 50) just so that I could show you how effective this treatment is. Yes, this neglected toilet looks like a completely different toilet […]
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On what hot day last week as we drove through the hot (and getting hotter) central California town of Delano, home to the United Farm Workers of Cesar Chavez fame (and home town of yours truly), we decided to have a whole sampling of “aguas frescas” — Mexican coolers in various flavors. We bought three […]
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Here’s a little Friday fun — a spoon that changes color when it hits cold food. I can’t tell you how much my kids love these spoons. Just last night my mom sat at our dining room table eating ice cream after a long day in the heat and Alastair (6) got out the spoons […]
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