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Authors: Kelly Coyne,Erik Knutzen
seed starting for and planting of,
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soaker hose for watering,
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worm castings for,
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Vegetables
Dog’s Pot, The,
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homegrown, superior taste of,
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Nukazuke
,
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Quick Soup,
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Vegetable Stock,
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Vervain, for sleeplessness or anxiety,
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Vinegar
in cleaning products,
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caution with,
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as fabric softener,
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in hair rinse,
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as insect repellent,
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making,
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Oxymel,
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Sekanjabin
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for sore throat,
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Switchel,
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for washing delicate fabrics,
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Vinegar of the Four Thieves,
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Vinegar Rinse, for hair,
21
Vitamin C supplement, rose hip honey as,
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Washing soda
caution with,
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in homemade cleaning products,
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in homemade laundry products,
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Wasp stings,
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Water
as breath freshener,
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for chickens,
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Water infusions, herbal,
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Water pasteurization, in solar cooker,
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Weeds, for compost pile,
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Wheat berries
Vollkornbrot
,
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Whole grains
cooking,
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for dogs,
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Italian Fried Rice,
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Wild lettuce, for sleeplessness or anxiety,
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Willow bark, tincturing,
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Willow bark tea, for pain,
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Windows, cleaning,
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Wine stains,
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Wood ash, for making lye,
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Wood Cleaners,
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Wooden pallet, for compost bin,
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Wood sorrel, foraging for,
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Wool, washing,
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Worm bins
location for,
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making,
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purpose of,
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worms for
feeding,
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finding,
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types of,
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harvesting,
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making worm tea from,
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Worm tea,
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Wort, in beer making,
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Wort chiller
making,
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,
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using,
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Wounds,
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Yams, vs. sweet potatoes,
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Yarrow Mosquito Repellent,
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Yeast
in beer making,
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in mead making,
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Yeast infections,
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Yogurt, for itching from yeast infections,
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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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