My mom made apple butter for all of us one year. She used a crock pot recipe then put it in small containers that were suitable for freezing. I think it was very cost effective for her, and it wa...

I don't have a car because public transit is good where I live. I started needing to use ZipCar almost 2 years ago for once a month trips for volunteer work, but I try to carpool when I can. ...

I became vegetarian about 4 years ago and have been veganish for the past year. I will occasionally eat dairy or eggs if they are ingredients due to other food allergies. I never liked meat, so t...

I would be interested in finding out what happens to the male calves. Part of why I gave up dairy is because the dairy industry is intrinsically tied to the veal industry.

Like imake1tgirl, I don't use shampoo. I tried baking soda and apple cider vinegar but have found that salt water and white vinegar seem to work best for me.

I made this soup with the first batch of okra that I got from my CSA and it was very tasty. Basically, (like tallsarah says) you fry or saute the okra first to minimize the snotty texture that jam...

When I was looking to buy a reusable bottle a year or so ago, I read that SIGG was being cagey about what was in the liners so I went with a Klean Kanteen instead. I wish that what I had read was ...

I bought those PVC dryer balls for myself and as gifts before I realized that they were made of PVC. I stopped using them when I realized and noticed no problems as a result. I guess that I just ...

No, but I work within the concept. I have rabbits, so they get any veggie scraps that are edible (carrot tops and peels, celery tops and bottoms, etc). Onions, garlic, and veggie scraps that have...

Personally, I hated that article. Pollan is no feminism expert, and he should learn a little something before trying to blame this huge problem on feminism. Processed food was coming into favor i...

Bite Blocker is made with geranium oil and has been tested and proven to perform as well as DEET. I got some for my aunt, and she has been raving about it.

I sold my car after moving to DC too. My only parking option was street parking and that got old fast with moving the car for street cleaning along with them changing the street cleaning days with...

I bought a friend one of those solar shower (sans hut) bag things when he was in Iraq and there were no showers. He said that he had to be careful not to leave the bag in the sun too long or else ...

I think the situation is more complicated than the author of the Atlantic article allows. I purchased a number of furniture items when I lived in Dallas then moved them to my current home in DC. ...

I have had problems with ordering from Green Home in the past. My order took over a month to arrive and it was missing an item. I emailed back and forth for a number of weeks trying to receive th...

My goal is to wash the sheets every week, but reality is more like every other week. I am too sweaty of a person to get away with showering at night only. Since I am also not a morn...

I used to live in Dallas, and I bought a house in Garland (suburb 2 towns east of Dallas). I picked one that was the right size for me - 2 bed, 2 bath - with a small yard because I'm rarely outsid...

@digger61, that is exactly what I thought

I just went down to Jones Point Park this past weekend. I'm on a kick to see as many of the boundary stones as I can before I move in a couple of years,...

I don't buy paper towels mostly because I don't have any place to store them where I can get to them but where they won't get covered in loose fur. I am a vegetarian, so I don't have the grease is...