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Lynn

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Lynn's Life List

  2. 1. urban homestead
    13 cheers     		5 people
  3. 2. try sprouting again
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		4 people
  4. 3. learn to make tortillas
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		3 people
  5. 4. cross stitch
    5 cheers     		18 people
  6. 5. build a couch table
    4 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. build a patio
    4 cheers     		42 people
  8. 7. build a solar oven
    12 cheers     		19 people
  9. 8. build mini hoop houses for garden
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. build raised beds in my garden
    3 cheers     		2 people
  11. 10. donate blood on a regular basis
    61 cheers     		19 people
  12. 11. exercise 20 minutes a day
    5 entries . 63 cheers     		7 people
  13. 12. fix the plant stand
    3 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. garden indoors in winter
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. get a new roof put on the house
    1 cheer     		1 person
  16. 15. give 10% of my income to church/charity
    46 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. grow my own food
    11 cheers     		475 people
  18. 17. learn how to can
    7 cheers     		14 people
  19. 18. learn how to knit
    5 cheers     		545 people
  20. 19. learn how to pickle
    3 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Learn how to make candles
    3 cheers     		16 people
  22. 21. learn how to make hardtack
    1 cheer     		1 person
  23. 22. learn how to make linen
    1 cheer     		1 person
  24. 23. learn how to make nutbutters
    2 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. learn how to make paper
    3 cheers     		4 people
  26. 25. learn how to make soap
    7 cheers     		18 people
  27. 26. learn how to sew
    2 cheers     		560 people
  28. 27. learn sign language
    42 cheers     		7,658 people
  29. 28. learn to cook with cast iron
    3 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. Learn to sew by hand
    1 cheer     		3 people
  31. 30. learn to make cheese
    5 cheers     		36 people
  32. 31. learn to make sour kraut
    1 cheer     		1 person
  33. 32. learn to make vinegar
    2 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. learn to spin
    2 cheers     		62 people
  35. 34. learn to weave
    2 cheers     		67 people
  36. 35. plant an herb garden
    4 cheers     		166 people
  37. 36. plant some fruit trees
    4 cheers     		3 people
  38. 37. put in a strawberry garden
    6 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. put up a privacy fence
    3 cheers     		2 people
  40. 39. Raise angora rabbits for fiber
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  41. 40. Read 50 books in 2010
    6 cheers     		6 people
  42. 41. Read the entire Bible
    3 entries . 24 cheers     		2,455 people
  43. 42. save six months expenses
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		29 people

How I did it
How to dehydrate food for long term storage
It took me
7 months
It made me

How I did it: I'm using a Nesco Snackmaster with 4 extra add on trays...so nothing fancy.  I'm quadrupling my growing space next year so I hope to save up for an Exaclibur to help me preserve for winter.You can dehydrate darn near anything.  A lot comes from my garden.  And wonderfully frugal advantage for grocery shopping is that you can watch for sales and stock up on your favorite fresh produce, canned goods, and frozen foods to prese… Read how I did it…

Oct 31, 04:18PM PDT | 0 comments | 6 cheers


Recent entries
try sprouting again (read all 2 entries…)
try sprouting again 2 days ago

3 Tablespoons of seeds filled the sprouting cup. I’ll be eating a lot of sprouts in the next week! Last night was a salad topped with sprouts. This was todays lunch, a pita with lifelite vegetarian deli slices and lots of sprouts :)

pita with fresh sprouts and LIfelight vegetarian deli slices

Nov 05, 04:13PM PST | 3 cheers | 1 comment


learn to make tortillas
Flour tortillas 6 days ago

I used the directions given here to make some flour tortillas. I used half white flour and half hand ground whole wheat. The only problem I had was the tutorial says to use a high heat and I burned a couple that way. What actually worked was 30 seconds on each side at my normal frying temperature (4.5 on my electric range)

homemade flour tortillas

They made for some fabulous bean and cheese quesadillas :)

bean and cheese quesadillas

Nov 01, 10:58AM PST | 6 cheers | 2 comments


try sprouting again (read all 2 entries…)
Got moving! 1 week ago

My sprouting cup got lost in the move :( It worked so fabulously that I decided to get another Easy Sprout before starting this goal. Meant to soak them over night, but forgot to empty this morning so they soaked 24 hours instead…hehe.

sprouting again :)

Oct 30, 04:35PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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