Ebook: Lemons and lavender: the eco guide to better homekeeping

"Author Billee Sharp shares her freecycling, budget-savvy, barter-better wisdom in this step-by-step handbook for revolutionizing spending habits and reclaiming quality of life. Lemons and Lavender is an inspiring and instructive guide to living the handmade life by consuming less and creating more. Practical and profound, this handy how-to covers every area of life and offers easy-to-do tips, recipes, and advice for saving money and the planet. Learn how to ditch your lawn and raise organic vegetables, cook healthy meals for pennies, cure minor maladies from the kitchen cabinet, save big dollars with small repairs, and eco-clean your house with lemons and lavender. With this guide, families can live more joyfully and far more creatively, all on a dime."--;Table of Contents; xi Foreword; xiii Introduction: Do Your Own Thing!; 1 Chapter 1: Revolutionary Budgeting: Taking Control of Your Resources; 17 Chapter 2: Health Is Wealth; 51 Chapter 3: Through the Looking Glass: Seeing Stuff Differently; 77 Chapter 4: Homely Habitats; 115 Chapter 5: Grow It: Get On My Land; 157 Chapter 6: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry; 221 Chapter 7: Homemade Holidays; 255 Conclusion: Living the Good Life; Bibliography.