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Ball Mason Jars, 12 Pint Size Jars For ONLY $8.47 – Save 73%

For the Mommas

I use pint and quart mason jars for sorting buttons by colors in my sewing room. Buy Ball Mason Jars Wide-Mouth Can or Freeze – 16 oz 12pk – $8.47 {Reg $30.99}. Product Details: Ball Brands of Fresh Preserving Canning Lids have been crafted for quality in the U.S. for more than 125 years.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Are you a knitter, or crafter or do you know how to use a sewing machine? When spring rolls around, plant the perennials for the recipient and this gift will bloom for years to come. Cooking Lessons. Are you an amazing home cook?

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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Glass jars can be used for jelly and canning things like pickles. Plastic bags are used as trash can liners, food carriers on trips, package stuffing for shipping and re-wrapping precious Christmas keepsakes for storage. They fit nicely into ice chests and won’t break. Paint rollers are used multiple times at our house.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You use your time gardening or tending animals, canning, plowing or digging wells and you aren’t going to have time to go to the higher paying job. You can’t really trade a couple of chickens for a solar panel to get electricity. Food that can survive without power and is easily prepared. Sewing kit.

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