West Devon calling

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spookymuffin
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West Devon calling

Post: # 183495Post spookymuffin »

it's Sue here, irritatingly enthusiastic about making our own anything which we then have to use...toothpaste, washing up liquid, Shampoo...love grow your own, hate chemicals, forever reading labels and putting goods back on shelf with disgusted face, have sheep, goats, hens, Alpacas that noone wanted, babysitting two dexter cows, spinning wheel that we have no idea how to use...yet...a cat and 14 acres of land some of it wood. Hubby is as irritating as me but with different things so ...quite well matched really!

crowsashes
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183498Post crowsashes »

:wave: im in plymouth! dont have any livestock but i got a hell of a lot of veggies ready to plant

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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183499Post red »

welcome :flower:

14 acres - some of it wood.. I am jealous of


we have sheep , pigs (now in freezer) and a heap of hens.

spinning wheel.. no one told himself it was difficult, so he looked at one online tutorial and started spinning! - so.. just have a go :)
Red

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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183501Post spider8 »

Hello Sue and welcome..........envious, especially of the wooded land :wave:
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indy
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183504Post indy »

Hi and welcome to ish :flower:
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183505Post Milims »

Hi there and welcome :wave: How do you make toothpaste?
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183513Post MuddyWitch »

Welcome to ISH :flower:

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spookymuffin
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183534Post spookymuffin »

Milims wrote:Hi there and welcome :wave: How do you make toothpaste?
Hi there

Thanks for the welcome....toothpaste recipe goes like this:
1 oz green clay
4 teaspoons sea salt
2 tablespoons glycerine
20 drops peppermint oil
5 drops myrrh

mix everything together and put in a small pot. This is not my recipe but one from "the Holistic Beauty book by Star Khechara. I admit that hubby was happy with it but I wasn't and in the end I gave up and now use bicarb., which seems to make teeth squeaky clean.

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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183535Post Nick69 »

Welcome to another Devon resident. Dead jealous of the woods. :icon_smile:

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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183558Post spitfire »

hello and welcome to ish. :wave:
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Re: West Devon calling

Post: # 183561Post Millymollymandy »

Hi and welcome! I do like your user name! :iconbiggrin:
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