By Editors of Yankee Magazine
1,001 Old-Time family tricks is an impossible to resist compendium of tips, recipes, and sage suggestion on all points of daily dwelling, rediscovered from an previous age―a excellent get together of our historical past of ingenuity!
The editors of yank journal scoured ratings of classic books, magazines, journals, and memoirs to discover the superior old-time secrets and techniques for getting ready nutrients, cleansing, doing laundry, adorning, repairing the house, treating universal diseases, taking good care of pets, celebrating the vacations, and gardening outdoor and interior. all through this treasury the editors recommend how you can adapt yesteryear's equipment utilizing brand new know-how and fabrics, giving readers the simplest of either the outdated and the hot. As readers discover those pages, they are going to discover:
• easy methods to combine a stain for wooden fixtures from espresso and salt
• the best way to make genuine sourdough bread the best way the pioneers did
• the best way to air situation a scorching, stale room with out counting on electricity
• find out how to model a stunning backyard trellis from twigs
With this booklet by means of their facet, readers will constantly be within the solid corporation of an old-timer who's set to dispense a important trace, encouraging observe, or sage mystery on the flip of a page.
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