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How To... Make a Birdseed Wreath
It’s easy to bake this birdseed wreath using readymade bread dough from your local grocery. Adorn with peanut butter and lots of birdseed, hang it up outdoors, and get ready to watch the feast.
How To... Make Your Own Baby Wipes
You can make your own baby wipes using items you probably already have on hand—baby wash, baby oil, pure clean water and fabric scraps or recycled paper napkins or paper towels.
How To... Create a Sun Lantern
Make a decorative sun lantern using recycled materials.
How To... Make All Natural Scented Salt Scrub
What better way to spread joy in natural living than to charm loved ones with a homemade gift?
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The art of artichokes
As much a culinary journey as a destination, artichokes are best appreciated as a fun, prolonged diversion with a succulent payoff at the end (when you get to the meaty “heart”). This thistled vegetable should be bought tightly closed, and washed thoroughly in cold water. Rubbing the...
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Embrace eggplant
With its rich purple skin and sensual curves, eggplant, or aubergine, is one of nature’s most beautiful foods. But mishandling this tender vegetable can produce chewy results or a bitter flavor. Whether you go for something simple like lightly salted, broiled eggplant, or dress it up with a...
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Rid the reek
We know how it goes: You grab the gym bag and head to work, hoping that your Jogbra will somehow air itself out before step class. The resulting stench is enough to drive you home to the couch. Today, challenge yourself to better deodorize gym gear with a few simple steps:• Rinse with water...
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Penny or quarter for your tread?
Think you might be ready for new car tires, but you’re not sure? Used to be, you could check the depth of your tread by sticking a penny into a tire groove with Lincoln’s head pointing in. Now, experts are saying we should switch from Lincoln to Washington, and use a quarter instead (the...
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Make an indoor recycling station
Piles of paper, crumpled cans, earthy-smelling leftovers—if your recycling area is anything like ours, it could use an overhaul! Recycling and composting is the right thing to do, and you can optimize your storage so that waiting for “trash” day isn’t so painful. Today...
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Freshen stale bread
Here’s a trick the French have applied to old baguettes for un longtemps: If you have an ice cube and a toaster or oven, you can give a stale loaf a new lease on life. Today, challenge yourself to make that loaf last longer. First, rub an ice cube (or drizzle water) across the crust to moisten...