Going natural. And I dont mean naked.
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Vinegar and water make a superb household cleaner, especially for windows. Baking soda and vinegar make a perfect sink, and tub drain cleaner. Put 5-10 tablespoons of baking soda in drain hole, poor approx. 1/2-1 cup of white vinegar over the baking soda. Allow to sit and bubble for 10-15 minutes, then pour boiling water down the drain. You should now be clog free.
Perspicacious dogs that refuse to eat dog food in lieu of begging for human meals make excellent vacuum cleaners.
I'm just kidding.
I'm not sure I can offer any advice on food and/or household items, but I can offer several homeopathic remedies my wife and I use. A 50/50 mixture of alcohol and vinegar works wonders for ear aches. Just a few drops, let it sit for a few minutes, and allow it to drain. Pure baking soda in an emptied tea pack (Lipton, for example) works very well for toothache if you set it against the irritated area, as well. It tastes like crap, but it seems to draw out infection well.
Naturally, I can't say these will work for everyone, but they work for us. I know it's outside the scope of what you're asking, but hope it helps.
I'm just kidding.
I'm not sure I can offer any advice on food and/or household items, but I can offer several homeopathic remedies my wife and I use. A 50/50 mixture of alcohol and vinegar works wonders for ear aches. Just a few drops, let it sit for a few minutes, and allow it to drain. Pure baking soda in an emptied tea pack (Lipton, for example) works very well for toothache if you set it against the irritated area, as well. It tastes like crap, but it seems to draw out infection well.
Naturally, I can't say these will work for everyone, but they work for us. I know it's outside the scope of what you're asking, but hope it helps.
Yes, indeed Cajunguy, both do work well, and to add to that, a drop or 2 of olive oil is also good for an earache. For a toothache, you may use a leaf of Clove. Just place, and hold it on the offending tooth, you may use your tounge, and your toothache shall subside in a short time.
Use a good quality yeast and fresh ingredients when preparing your Mead.
Warm your water to approximately 160 degrees add honey.
Return to 160 and skim off all foam. (takes at least 15 minutes)
Add ingredients and allow to come to room temperature. (using an ice bath to reduce temp. quickly)
Prepare the yeast per instructions, then pitch. (that is the term for adding the yeast)
Mix very well. (spend at least 10 minutes stirring to insure thoroughly mixed.)
Seal in your fermentor and affix bubble lock.
Allow to ferment until bubble rate is down to approx. 4 per minute. (This will take 3 or more weeks.)
Then Rack into glass carboy with a bubble lock and let rest/age for 1 to 2 months. (A carboy is a big glass bottle.)
When all fermentation has ceased and the Mead has cleared...
Bottle. (Makes approximately 20 to 24, 750 ml. bottles.)
The longer it ages, the better it will be.
Keep good notes, for future reference, and it helps you keep track of time and where you are in the brewing process.
- Quick Mead
3 gallons water
5 lbs honey (Clover works very well)
1/3 cup jasmine tea very strong (steeped for at least an hour)
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 pkg. Lalvin EC-1118 yeast
Warm your water to approximately 160 degrees add honey.
Return to 160 and skim off all foam. (takes at least 15 minutes)
Add ingredients and allow to come to room temperature. (using an ice bath to reduce temp. quickly)
Prepare the yeast per instructions, then pitch. (that is the term for adding the yeast)
Mix very well. (spend at least 10 minutes stirring to insure thoroughly mixed.)
Seal in your fermentor and affix bubble lock.
Allow to ferment until bubble rate is down to approx. 4 per minute. (This will take 3 or more weeks.)
Then Rack into glass carboy with a bubble lock and let rest/age for 1 to 2 months. (A carboy is a big glass bottle.)
When all fermentation has ceased and the Mead has cleared...
Bottle. (Makes approximately 20 to 24, 750 ml. bottles.)
The longer it ages, the better it will be.
Keep good notes, for future reference, and it helps you keep track of time and where you are in the brewing process.
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Jason, I'm confused - do you mean small tanks that you empty periodically & clean out (like for Bettas etc), or are we talking big tanks and you simply add vinegar when fish are still in there?
We fish boffins in the club over here just use Magic Sponges cut up into 1/3rds, rips it off like no-one's business and an old single bladed razor gets the super stubborn stuff off, but I'm really interested in this vinegar method, especially if added when fish still in there because it should also eradicate other algae on hardscape too. Sounds too good to be true, but I'm living in hope.
In the old Western days, Willow bark was boiled like Tea and used to help with a fever. The white inside pulp on the bark of Cotton wood/Aspen/Poplar was used to offset Scurvy due to lack of Vitamin C. Large spider webs from, for example, an attic or a barn, were used as clotting factors on an open wound. There are so many more, it is actually very interesting.
Goats milk soap is Awsome. It cleared my skin of breakouts in the summer and my dads wife swears it cleared her excema. It's abit labor intensive at first but once you do it acouple times its easy. In weight measure it comes out to
60 oz. Olive oil
20 oz palm oil
20 oz coconut oil
14 oz lye powder
And one quart raw goats milk ( you'll need to know a local farmer for this)
It's the best
60 oz. Olive oil
20 oz palm oil
20 oz coconut oil
14 oz lye powder
And one quart raw goats milk ( you'll need to know a local farmer for this)
It's the best
Baking soda is awesome stuff. Cleans every thing from your teeth to the kitchen sink and it cures heart burn to boot! Ginger is great for sea sicknes and when your stomach is funky a knob of ginger boiled in some chicken stock will fix you up. You might look into tee tree oil that is some amazing stuff.
I've been using Thai salt deodorant and love it. It is just a stick of salt that you in place of deodorant. If you think of the chemicals that you cake under your arms over the years its crazy. The salt stick will leave you with absolutely no odor.
You can pick a stick up at Walgreens for about 8bucks and it will last you about 2 years
You can pick a stick up at Walgreens for about 8bucks and it will last you about 2 years
Rose hips also make a decent tea when boiled mate. Winter mint is also great for tea, you can find it even in winter in the woods. Red minty berries in clumps of 3-7 grow on the plant but dissapear in Winter, but the leaves can be used. A fern grows in similiar areas in the woods, it has a curled tip on it and grows in a clump of 3-8 stalks. Grasp the stalks together near the ground and pull straight up. Separate the stalks at the root and you will see a yellow (mini banana, we call them) these can be boiled and eaten or eaten straight from the ground.
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