Alright homesteaders, preppers, natural-minded fol..

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Alright homesteaders, preppers, natural-minded folks and the like...
What is a skill, tip, trick that you've normalized for so long that you sometimes forget that 'other people' don't realize is completely normal everyday life?
Let's share and educate the masses! ?

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I'll go first... cloth EVERYTHING. No paper towels, no napkins, not even toilet paper. We use cloth everywhere!

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Two is one and one is none.

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My second one, after one, is: "waste not, want not". I am not a hoarder as such, but see the value in things that we throw away on a daily basis. It is almost like your "cloth everything". Why use a disposable paper item if cloth can be reused.

Once a cloth towl becomes unusable for personal hygiene then it become a floor rag. After that it goes to my shed and is used to soak oil up, or something. Till the point where it needs to be binned, well; if it can't go into my firepit for heat...

Don't get me started to binning food. My family knows that they can dish up as much as they'd like, but once it is on your plate then you finish it. Even if it takes the next three days... When rinsing rice, I won't let one kernel flush down the sink. I have planted many things in my life and I understand how difficult it is to grow most produce if it isn't meant for your region. I therefore don't let anything go to waste.

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Start small, not big

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