http://greencouple.com/2008/08/28/learning-basic-home-skills/ Learning to live green and live together Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://greencouple.com/2008/08/28/learning-basic-home-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 Ian Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:24:22 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=353#comment-2049 I have to agree in the wishing I had done more to learn basic home ec skills. Still, one of the more interesting things of living away from home has helped me realize just how much we still gained. Granted, your social peers are probably far more in tune with do-it-yourself things than mine, so that will change conceptions, but we are still fairly well off, and at least know that we can always try. I have to agree in the wishing I had done more to learn basic home ec skills. Still, one of the more interesting things of living away from home has helped me realize just how much we still gained. Granted, your social peers are probably far more in tune with do-it-yourself things than mine, so that will change conceptions, but we are still fairly well off, and at least know that we can always try.

]]> http://greencouple.com/2008/08/28/learning-basic-home-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-2047 Susie Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:27:22 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=353#comment-2047 Hey, a rain barrel sounds like the perfect project - if it doesn't work, so what, the ground gets wet under the barrel instead of in the garden? Much less stressful that water heaters, or ceiling fans, or even door trim! :) Hey, a rain barrel sounds like the perfect project – if it doesn’t work, so what, the ground gets wet under the barrel instead of in the garden? Much less stressful that water heaters, or ceiling fans, or even door trim!

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