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seed starting for and planting of,
175

80
soaker hose for watering,
222
worm castings for,
242
,
242
,
247

Vegetables

Dog’s Pot, The,
55

56
,
57
homegrown, superior taste of,
42
Nukazuke
,
97

99
Quick Soup,
53

54
Vegetable Stock,
44

45

Vervain, for sleeplessness or anxiety,
35

Vinegar

in cleaning products,
69
,
70
,
71
,
72
,
73
,
74
caution with,
70
as fabric softener,
80
in hair rinse,
21
as insect repellent,
133
making,
199

202
,
200
Oxymel,
65

66
Sekanjabin
,
66

67
for sore throat,
34
Switchel,
67
for washing delicate fabrics,
78

Vinegar of the Four Thieves,
71

Vinegar Rinse, for hair,
21

Vitamin C supplement, rose hip honey as,
110

Vollkornbrot
,
58

60

W

Washing soda

caution with,
71
,
73
,
76
,
76
in homemade cleaning products,
69
,
69
,
72
,
73
in homemade laundry products,
69
,
69
,
76
,
77
,
79

Wasp stings,
30

Water

as breath freshener,
15
for chickens,
268

Water infusions, herbal,
115
,
116

Water pasteurization, in solar cooker,
259
,
259

Weeds, for compost pile,
228

Wheat berries

Vollkornbrot
,
58

60

Whiteners, laundry,
78

80

Whole grains

cooking,
50

51
for dogs,
57
Italian Fried Rice,
52

53

Wild lettuce, for sleeplessness or anxiety,
35

Willow bark, tincturing,
119

Willow bark tea, for pain,
34
,
34

Windows, cleaning,
70

Wine stains,
81

Wood ash, for making lye,
157

58

Wood Cleaners,
73

Wooden pallet, for compost bin,
230

31
,
231

Wood sorrel, foraging for,
114
,
114

Wool, washing,
78

Worm bins

location for,
243
making,
244

47
,
245
purpose of,
233
,
242
worms for
feeding,
245

46
,
245
finding,
243
types of,
243

Worm castings,
242
,
242

harvesting,
247
making worm tea from,
247

Worm tea,
247

Wort, in beer making,
207
,
208
,
211

13

Wort chiller

making,
253

54
,
254
using,
254

Wounds,
109

Y

Yams, vs. sweet potatoes,
105

Yarrow Mosquito Repellent,
133

Yeast

in beer making,
207
,
209
,
210
,
213
in mead making,
203
,
204

Yeast infections,
35

Yogurt, for itching from yeast infections,
35

Z

Zote, for cleaning laundry,
75
,
76

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© 2010 by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Coyne, Kelly.

Making it : radical home ec for a post-consumer world / Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen.

         p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13 978-1-60529-462-9 paperback
ISBN-10 1-60529-462-4 paperback
1. Home economics. 2. Sustainable living. 3. Simplicity. 4. Consumer education. I. Title.
TX158.C7589 2010
640.73—dc22
2010023680

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