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This site is aimed at the effects the Credit Crunch has had on all families. With this in mind, going back to basics is a must and growing our own food and making our own clothes will become the norm all over the world.
Growing our own food can be a good way to save money and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Making our own clothes can be great as everyone has their own style and being unique is what makes everyone different.


With Amazon Video On Demand, customers can now instantly watch movies and television shows commercial-free on Macs or PCs.

If you're going to add your signature to one food petition this year, check out the Food Declaration or the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture, started by Roots of Change. The Declaration, as the Eat. Drink. Better. blog explained, "calls for a visionary 21st Century Food, Farm, and Agriculture Policy" by moving away from the current industrial-ag system and into a cleaner, healthier system that's more about health, accessibility, and affordability than the bottom line.

It's currently in draft form, so check it out, comment on it, endorse it, or suggest your own declaration. You have until November 30, 2008. Next year, look for Slow Food International to be collecting signatures for the final Declaration that will, hopefully, end up in next year's food policy agenda.

A Complete Beginers Guide To Knitting On DVD 

This step-by-step, hand-holding guide to knitting is EASY to watch and makes learning fast and simple. Although this DVD is packed with everything a beginner needs to know, the chapters are bite-sized.
Beautiful and clear demonstrations can get you started knitting scarf in only 30 MINUTES. There is a companion WEBSITE for the DVD where you can download lots of FREE beginner patterns! Scarves, Ponchos, Baby Blankets, Sweaters, and more. What you'll learn: Casting On, The Knit Stitch (English & Continental), The Purl Stitch (English & Continental), Adding Yarn & Changing Colors, Bind Off, Increasing, Decreasing, Ribbing, Gauge, Finishing, First Aid Kit (how to fix mistakes). Featuring broadcast quality video with close-up demonstrations. Playable WORLDWIDE. Watch on your DVD Player & TV or DVD-compatible COMPUTER! We guarantee your satisfaction. If you don't love your DVD, send it back to us and we'll refund your money instantly.


The Complete Beginner's Guide to Knitting On DVD

Recipes On A Budget 

Learn to Cook Good Food Cheaply

Buy all the products you need to become self sufficient. 

From Growing Fruit and Vegetables to Making your own clothes.

How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method

Another impressive tome from Rodale Press, this practical text of nearly 1,000 pages covers organic gardening from the first soil preparation to the final harvesting and preserving. How to Grow Vegetable and Fruits by the Organic Method may be a bit daunting for the novice gardener, simply because of the size, but rest assured that all information is presented with a clear and simple vocabulary that first-timers can relate to easily. There's lots of handy lists and tables outlining the chemical composition of common items (feathers, fur, leaves) as well as charts for planting seasons and depths.

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Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects

Internationally celebrated designer Lotta Jansdotter collects 24 of her most popular sewing patterns into one irresistible collection. Our innovative packaging makes for easy use reusable pattern sheets are neatly tucked into a folder inside this full-color, lay-flat spiral bound book. Lotta has included patterns for handy tote bags, smart aprons, chic bed linens, and much more. Each project is paired with step-by-step instructions, charming photographs, inspiring design ideas, and helpful, hand-drawn how-to illustrations everything you need to make whimsical pieces for the home and beyond. Best of all, there's nothing complicated about the projects. Never has simplicity looked so sophisticated.

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

Brother CS6000I 60-Stitch Computerized Free-Arm Sewing Machine with Multiple Stitch Functions

60-stitch computerized free-arm sewing machine with LCD display
7 styles of 1-step auto-sizing buttonholes; 1-touch start/stop and reverse functions
Snap-on presser feet; wide table accessory for larger projects such as quilts
Measures 9-3/5 by 9-3/4 by 12-1/2 inches; 25-year limited warranty

Amazon Price: $159.88 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

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Learn how to grow Fruit and Vegetables and Make your own clothes

Potatoes are great for the family - boiled and served with melted butter or chipped and served with good old salt and vinegar - good for young and old alike.

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