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Anne's book Better Basics for the Home is a survival guide full of over 800 "recipes" for cleaning  the house, washing clothes and even making hand lotions and creams. These are recipes that let you use natural peppermint leaves, citrus leaves, garlic and a few other simple and natural ingredients to make an insecticide that is safe for your pets and children. Also featured is a recipe that uses essential oils to fight infestations.

Gour-den Delights
Using gardening as part of a homeschooling curriculum
by Blythe Pelham
As an artist I'm very much a create-as-I-go kinda gal. Our children have been homeschooled since birth, though since I think of life as learning it often seems silly to me to label what we do as schooling. One method I frequently use in guiding/teaching involves doing something I enjoy and pulling the children into the activity along with me. One such passion for me is gardening. Our current gardening project took us in many directions from which learning can 'grow' from a garden! Our gourds have seeded projects in music, history, art, science, marketing, and more. Take a look at what we've done and tell us what you're doing!

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Spring Cleaning
Getting ready for spring
14 tips for spring
Yes, it's time for spring cleaning!  But what to do and how to do it without having to do it all over again in a few weeks? Here's a short but thorough list of spring cleaning ideas that are perfect for any home including condos and apartments.  Make it fun- have the whole gang get into it and don't forget the pizza party after you are done to celebrate a good job well done : )!

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How to "Spot" the Spots
We all love our carpets.  We all enjoy the lush, warm feel we get as we walk across our carpeted rooms. But what doesn' t make us happy is to see spots or stains on our beloved rugs and carpets. There are many ways to get rid of these spots and stains. Here are some fool-proof method to keep your house looking spotless.

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Planning Your Backyard Garden
I always get excited this time of year.  I think about all the vegetable plants that I want in my garden, I run out to the stores, spend a fortune, get home and then look around and shrug, "Now what?" In my enthusiasm I forget to look at my yard first.  I forget to make a plan, a simple one, but still some kind of plan about where AM I going to put all those veggies. Here are a few tips that I have found very helpful in choosing the right spots of your garden.

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Cleaning the House Safely
by Elizabeth Hughes
FREE Natural Cleaning Ideas
These are some great ideas from Elizabeth who says, "I have been feverish lately about getting people to use kid safe and environmentally safe cleaning solutions. Anyway, here are some simple compounds that you can make in your home and other cleaning tips that won't make you run out of the room for air."
Find out more.

Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean
by Linda C. Cobb

also see
Fixit Corner: Cleaning Tips
Want to clean a coffeepot in a flash? Unclog a sink with a simple homemade solution ? Do away with microwave odors? Banish those dust bunnies? Let her royal highness of housekeeping show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace -- in no time at all! Step aside, Martha...Here comes the Queen of Clean, and her down-to-earth housekeeping guide for those of us who live in the real world. After all, the Queen has better things to do than be a slave to housework. That's why she has assembled a marvelous collection of miraculous cleaning tips and surprising shortcuts that get the job done quickly and well.

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Anne Berthold-Bond
"Better Basics for the Home:
Simple Solutions of Less Toxic Living"
hosted by Sue Spataro, RN, BSN
Interview & FREE natural pesticide recipes
Back in the early 80s Anne Berthold-Bond knew something was not right. She knew that something wrong with her.  Anne found herself unusually sensitive to the chemicals in her environment. Anne' story kicked off her journey to develop safe, easy to make household products. Her book BETTER BASICS FOR THE HOME is a survival guide full of over 800 "recipes" for cleaning  the house, washing clothes and even making hand lotions and creams. Find out more.

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Fixing Screen Windows
As the weather is getting warmer in most of the United States it time to startthinking about letting the warm air in : ). You probably have forgotten about those holes in the screens and now is the time to get them patched up.

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Painting 101
Toning Down a Color
by Sue Spataro
Problem:
"I painted my kitchen woodwork a bright blue-green color, which came out more garish than I wanted....What do I do?"
Answer:
You can use a painting technique to tone down the color you already have painted to create a textured look. This look will go a long way to distract from the brightness of the original color plus you'll need to use some more paint for texturing and making it darker will again help with the present color.

Fix-It Corner Introduction

• Ever wonder how to fix that hole in your living room where the movers plowed into your freshly painted walls?
• How about checking your electrical sockets to see if they really are safe?
• And what about installing a home fire alarm?

While these projects may seem simple, even mundane, for the experienced home improvement guy, they are becoming more and more the jobs for the woman of the house.

Fix-It-Corner is designed to help you do everyday repair home jobs with skill and ease.   No college degrees needed here.

The idea is to focus on those everyday jobs, like fixing a leaking faucet, a running toilet, which drive us crazy yet are simple to do if we just had the right information.

Fix-It-Corner will give you the information and confidence to do small
household repairs effectively and quickly

The Woman's Fix-It Book:
Incredibly Simple Weekend Projects and Everyday Home Repair
by Karen Dale Dustman

Here is what today's women have been waiting for--a fix-it book written for women by a woman, who learned how to fix almost anything through years of hands-on experience as a landlord and real estate investor. This indispensable, illustrated stop-by-step guide assumes no prior skills and includes recommendations for what to put in a basic toolbox, as well as a detailed glossary.

The Green Kitchen Handbook by Annie Berthold-Bond
Read the FREE excerpt:
"Bringing It All Back Home"

How to Grow Fresh Air by B. C. Wolverton
Read the FREE excerpt:
"Indoor Air Pollution"

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