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Mead!

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Fermentation, Food
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...ith a fermentation lock. Mr. Doug Harvey gifted us with an old hydrometer (used to measure the density of a liquid) which we used to take a reading of 15% on our finished must. When fermentation is complete we’ll take another reading. The difference between the two readings will be the percentage of alcohol in our mead. A big disclaimer here. We don’t know how well this recipe works, but we’ll let you all know. In the meantime, for those dying to...

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How to Make a Simple Paint Can Rocket Stove

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Appropriate Technology, Rocket Stove, Water and Power
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...e tube around 6.3 cm. The first cut was made in the top lid of the can. We used a nail and hammer to make a hole for the tin snips. We used a pair of pliers to bend over the rough bits of the metal. Again, our goal was to make something cheaply and quickly. Next we cut a 6.3 cm hole in the bottom of the paint can. Then it was time to fashion a tube out of sheet metal. In the US, it would be a lot easier to use stove pipe material, but it’s much ea...

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How to Fix a Termite Damaged Hardwood Floor

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Design
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...ed flooring. Living in the hipster capital of the West Coast I, naturally, used a bespoke mallet I made myself. Be careful to avoid banging your chisel into a nail (this is why I used a cheap chisel rather than, say, a bespoke hand hammered one). I chiseled down the center of the damaged piece of wood and then carefully explored the edge of the wood where you’ll find nails. Once I removed most of the wood I used a small crowbar to remove the rest....

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DIY Sage Deodorant

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Body Care, Domesticus, How-to
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...ot strong enough, but I didn’t want the alcohol to sting or dry my skin. I used a funnel to put this in the original bottle, which is, happily, glass with a pump top. The label from the bottle even peeled off easily! Thank you, Weleda. Then I added about 20 drops of essential oils to the bottle, which holds 100 ml/1/2 cup. I used a blend of sage, lavender and tea tree. I can’t tell you how much of each, because I was fiddling with it as I went, bu...

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What’s Buried in Your Backyard?

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Thoughtstylings
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...e’s a handy page for dating bottles, scans of antique bottle catalogs, and page after page of bottle types. My unintended archaeological efforts have yielded no Spanish doubloons, viking graves or Anasazi ruins, but I have found lots of glassware, mostly broken milk bottles. I’ve also discovered what I think are cheap perfume bottles like the one above. If you know what this bottle contained please leave a comment. I suspect perfume, because this...

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