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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They had a cow for milk, chickens for eggs and a garden for vegetables. Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. You can’t have much of a garden in a high rise apartment. I used to garden. Sewing kit. Wood was there for the taking.

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"Potential Accomplishments" and The Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List

Frugal Luxuries

moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting the carpet. the carpet.

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