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With all the competition during the holidays to grab the attention of your Christmas gift recipients you’ve got to wonder, can you really give more environmentally-friendly gifts that they’ll actually love?
As it turns out, yes.
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Come see 9 different zero-waste gift wrapping methods I use. It’s easy, inexpensive, saves time & doesn’t compromise the festive look beneath our tree. Wrap gifts beautifully in seconds!
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Our Mini-Schnauzer Bailey does a fine job portraying MAX from “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”. But can’t you can just hear her rolling her eyes… LOL
~TxH~
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RancherMan and I like to heat our home with resources found right here on our homestead instead of purchased fuel whenever possible.
Thanks to last winter’s brutal ice storm we have plenty of tree carnage downed limbs to clean up. It would be a herculean task to completely clear that massive quantity of broken limbs.
So we trimmed the “fans” off of them for the burn pile in the pasture. Then we cut the trunks into firewood. We have enough firewood to last our entire lifetimes! And of course there’s nothing like the comfort of a roaring fire to ward off winter’s chill.
But the natural byproduct from burning a wood fire is creosote build up in your chimney pipes. It’s important to remove that flammable substance to keep from experiencing a dangerous chimney fire.
Thankfully chimney maintenance is pretty easy.
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I wanted fingerless gloves, but I wanted to make them myself. In 5 minutes I was able to upcycle long socks into oh-so-cute fingerless gloves with NO SEWING! See this easy tutorial.
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Although we’re all tired of Ole Man Winter, he does have a beautiful coat! ~TxH~
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A few years ago Northeast Texas was hit with a whammy of a winter storm. Some areas got snow, some got sleet, still others got rain. We got ICE. And lots of it.
Our homestead was hit hard and the ice accumulation was so heavy that we listened fearfully in the dark while many trees came crashing down all night long as the storm raged on. The next morning at first light we tentatively stepped out into what looked like an icy war zone.
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Low-waste gift baskets can be beautiful and functional too. Make a food basket with reusable jars of homemade food and arrange it all in a handy organizer container. Brown paper can be composted or used in the fireplace.
