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Hippie Dad

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  1. Hippie Dad

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    sounds like you should make a big map of the places you have been, ark it up and post it on the wall :-0
  2. Westbrook/"Westy"--I'd like to put my own two cents in on the subject of tea tree oil. Hope this particular aspect of the use hasn't already been done to death somewhere in the discussion threads. My wife Leah (you know her from these forums) turned me on to tea tree oil about six months ago, and it has worked miracles for my skin. We live up near the Canadian border where the winters are fairly mild, but quite long-(It is snowing as I write this on March 30) and my face would peel like the wallpaper in an abandoned house, because of exposure to the cold. Then Leah let me try some tea tree oil, and now I use it every day, while she only uses it in emergencies. I rub my face down with water, then moisten my fingertips with the concentrated oil and rub it everywhere. I think it even helps with crows-feet and bags under the eyes, it makes the skin quite supple. I feel years younger. I presume a tea tree is some kind of plant that a person could grow. Don't know how one would get the oil out though. By the way, "Westy", I have read your posts often as I lurked here, and have always been entertained and informed by them. Good work. Peace and Love-- and some virtual chocolate truffles
  3. I need to jump into the thread somewhere, so I might as well do it where there has been a reference to good old Washington State, where I live ( I love it here) My wife and I are thinking about canning again after all these years, and we were wondering whether we could make do with a waterbath canner, since all we will be canning will be fruits and veg. I'm not sure we would can meat, and if I had fish, I would pickle it... I would like to can tomato-based salsa, though my wife says modern tomatoes are not acid enough for waterbath canning. I told my wife that if there was a distinct advantage to having a pressure canner, I sure wouldn't mind forking out a few extra bucks for that, but i'm just a dumb male, and my experience of canning consists of moving full and empty jars around when my mother needed help. And boiling down tomatoes for catsup-what a mess, I will stick to salsa if i ever can tomatoes. Does anyone have any generic advice on whether waterbath canners have any advantage if you are concentrating on fruits & veg?
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