Oh, and P.S. When I made emergency candles many years ago I purchased off brand vegetable shortening in a can and put in a taper candle for the wick. I have used these in power outages for over ten years and it seems they will last forever. I keep them in a readily access able area with the lid on and easy strike matches taped to the lid. When I need them they are just right there. When I'm finished, I pop the lid back on and put them back in there spot.
I used to use the tapered candles but they were to expensive. I found a box of menorah candle in a thrift store, 60 for $3.00 with 25% senior discount. Perfect length for pint jars and those sizes.
Old plastic prescription medicine bottles can be used to store coins in car for an emergency, toll bridges, etc. Old gum 35-piece plastic pouches can be used to carry shopping lists, keys, $$, and any paperwork that can be folded. Old short pieces of wrapping paper can be used to cover up shoe boxes with color & flair. Old large soda bottles can be used for long term storage of grains, cereal, etc.
Take a look on the Crisco shortning and in the logo it has a flame as part of the design. In the depression Crisco was mainly used as lighting , megga candles You just shove a few taper candles in to the tube and the taper candles are basicly there wicks . But the diffent size tubs , you have to know how many taper candles to use. You can add sents to it if you like and this method is called the 45 day emergency candle. Yep should last 45 days :)
I love this kind of content-thank you for posting! My fiancé has learned I’m constantly trying to reduce re-use, recycle and repurpose. The funniest reaction he had was how I shake all the dirt from the sod I take out for new beds, put that back in the bed, then compost the grass/roots. Now he tells his friends/family I recycle dirt, lol!
I collect lint from the dryer and stuff a little into cardboard egg carton compartments. Add melted wax from old candles. Cut or tear into individual cups. These make great firestarters in my fire pit. Just light one corner.
Love the fire starter idea. I stuff empty toilet paper rolls with dryer lint for fire starter. Adding wax in the egg container sounds great! Love all the inspirations! 🌺
For sliding glass doors use silicone spray only. We work in a glass company, and never use anything else because it gathers dust, hair, etc. and when we have to come out and work on those doors, we charge a whole lot more to clean all the gunk out.
The teapot for gravy is genius! I always learn something watching you! I just bought some ceylon cinnamon, and have a quart jar of cassia, so now I have a use for that. Thanks again, many Blessings!!
Heidi these are great tips. I love your channel. The tip I have is that my bestie and I have actually planned road trips/vacations around going to second hand/thrift/goodwill/salvation army stores. God bless you and yours.🤗🙏
I make all occasion cards and Christmas cards & gift tags from used cards. My friends have been very generous to give me their old cards. I then gift the cards in packs of 12 to 15 cards to anyone that would like to have them. Enjoyed your video...it is always good to find new uses for unwanted items. I try to make a habit before I throw something away to say what else can this be used for. LOL. Have a Blessed day.
A bar of soap works well for sliding doors, drawers, ect if you don't have Crisco. I know people who used up their conditioner as a fabric softener in their wash.. Toothpaste- you can use it to clean the headlight lenses on your car.-it makes them clear again. You've given so many great ideas, thanks!
@@RainCountryHomestead I'm not sure! It would be nice if it did! Our daughter's sandbox had a cover on it, which we always kept closed because of our many farm cats.
@@RainCountryHomestead Lavender may work. Most cats hate lavender. You could either plant lavender around the sand box, or sprinkle chopped lavender into the sand while you wait for the plants to grow.
Conditioner can be used in the laundry for softening. I just put a little on a old rag and tossed it into the dryer with my wet laundry. Shampoos I have left over I have used for scrubbing the sink and toilet. Waste not want not is how we save money!
My daughter in law saves her chicken and horse feed bags for me. I wash them inside out. Then I either use colored duct tape to make totes or sew them on my machine. They're cute!
I'm a city slicker so I don't make much and I buy easy to use items so I'll apologize up front on my hints. My husband and I like the powdered protein mixes and we like to use unsweetened almond milk with them. Both come in large plastic food grade containers. I reuse them for storage, rice, beans, pasta, sugar, salt. I will put a few bay leaves in to deter pests. Once I put the lids on tightly I put duct tape around the bottom of the lids for extra protection. I label and date them, of course. I've had no problem when I've opened one as I rotate.
My husband and I are Chipotle addicts. We're there every week for date night. I keep the aluminum lids for emergency cooking and I keep the small plastic containers with lids for putting condiments/sauces in my husband's lunches.
Good morning Heidi!🌻 I save the clamshell containers and meat trays (very clean) to use under planting pots and 4 or 6-packs for seed starting. Blessings! 💜
Use unused shampoo & conditioner for cleaning paint brushes or for washing the car. The conditioner mixed with warm water and splashed over the freshly washed car helps prevent spots.
I cover many of my Amazon boxes with pretty leftover wrapping paper and use them as storage baskets on my shelves for hideaway items. I also build little two story huts for my daughters kitty’s they love them and I have fun creating them. Once tore up it’s no big loss.
I need to learn to sew! I'm over 60 and I don't know how to sew! Home economics wasn't my thing. I wanted to be in the Library learning the dewy decimal system 😔 What good has THAT done me! 😆
@@woodsie5796 I'm with you, 64 and terrible at it, yet my daughter is a master seamstress (no, she wont teach me) I did learn how to crochet from watching Heidi's videos. I think I can learn to sew from her other videos too
I use old shampoo to get out perspiration or other stains when I hand wash an item. My Mom did that and it worked well, so it's a tip I continue to use.
Omg! That's what I use mine for gravy. I have 2 smaller ones like that it has the blk trim on the handle. I also have oils that I don't use and put a wick in it and use as a candle I reuse almost everything in my home I will find something to do with it, no lost there. Great video.. love it.🥰🤗
I use cologate toothpaste to clean the yellow discoloration that builds on my headlights off. I have also found it makes a nice polish on chrome and wheels
Can't believe how self sufficient, low cost and low maintenance my family really is until I see these videos! Most the tips I see are tips I already use regularly! Lol I even wash used foil and use it up to five times if the food doesn't cake on too much! 😁 When I use plastic wrap... I wipe of moisture and use it over and over.
I have found other ways to avoid both foil and plastic wrap. Now the only time I really use those is if I am sending food home with someone in throw away containers. I have some silicone bowl covers that I really like or I use plates of various sizes as bowl covers: th-cam.com/video/QRb3S2RuzM8/w-d-xo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead what do you use the cover dishes or wrap foods when cooking in the oven instead of foil? I would love to have something reusable!
@@AHomeIsHaven I mostly use glass or stainless steel baking dishes that have lids. However, when I bake in my toaster oven, the handles of the lids make it so they do not fit so instead I put a Corelle plate over the top and it works great. This time of year though I bake on my wood stove so I can use the regular lids
@@RainCountryHomestead That's awesome! I'll take a look around see see what sort of dishes would work for us. Thank you so much. ☺️ I really enjoy watching your shows.
Id use the teapot as a vignette to hold flowers/greenery. Can change up for the season. Real or fake. I have a silver tea pot in my powder room with white tulips in it, and one on my kitchen table. I change to Xmas greenery,/pinecones ribbon in winter. . I collect silver. Love yor silver tea pot.
When I want to have coconut ice cream, I melt a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil and add cacao powder to slightly thicken it. I place it on the ice cream and it hardens up. I don’t add any sweetener to the topping as the ice cream already has enough. A nice treat. I remember the magic shell that my parents got us when we were kids.
Off topic, but Maine is now charging 5 cents per plastic bag at grocery stores. I live in central IN and found out yesterday that Walmart (don't shame me for going there - not a habit) is running out of plastic bags and are having supply issues. Is this the next shortage? Perhaps. Just wanted to give a heads up that plastic grocery bags may become even more valuable in the future. As always, Heidi, I love your channel and all the wonderful tips and tricks you share with us! Thank you so much for your hard work!
I do not shame people for where they shop, I shop at places others call evil (Amazon for instance) and no matter how righteous anyone thinks they are because of their own personal shopping habits, they are still purchasing products made by slave labor or shopping at places someone else would deem as wicked. We all have to do the best we can with what we have and that is all there is to it :) The main reason I do not shop at walmart is the closest one is 75 miles away and I just hate going into the store anyway. Something about it makes me literally feel physically ill. Not sure what it is but I am not the only one to have issues with it. I DO, however, purchase the black oil sunflower seeds for my chickens through Walmart online and have it delivered as it is the best price I can find on them when I am unable to make the trip to town to buy them from Costco
@@RainCountryHomestead Walmart makes me feel that way too! I went in because my local Kroger had hardly any produce and No Organics! I went to Walmart for grapefruit and oranges (organics in particular ...I came out empty handed. :( ) I strolled around the store and marveled at how empty is was. I did find an emergency 48 hour bucket of food to give as a gift to my sister. I wonder why your distant Walmart makes you feel ill? I have decided the reason mine makes me feel poopy is because they have one of the biggest cell towers I have ever seen, right in the parking lot. I don't like to leave my country home anymore unless necessary. As for my vitamin C requirement, I'm going to harvest all the rose hips I can find - probable better for me anyway!
@@bushpushersdaughter I had wondered if maybe Walmart has a really strong wifi signal in their store and that is why I get sick. For awhile, I was REALLY sensitive to signals like that so that I was unable to stay inside ANY store for longer than 15 minutes but Walmart was always the worst. Thankfully I now am not as sensitive so most stores are not an issue but Walmart still is, or at least the last time I was in one a few years ago
@@RainCountryHomestead I'm 63 and remember a time before this kind of technology. It also affects me in a very negative way. Before cell towers and smart meters my hearing was perfect - like pin drop perfect. Now the constant ringing high pitched sound just about drives me crazy. When I'm close to those big cell towers I often feel light headed and nauseated and just anxious! Avoid at all costs, I say. Sending all of God's blessings to you and yours, Heidi.
I use liquor store boxes that have the separated bottle cardboard in them to put my shoes in. Slides in the closet easy and and keeps your foot wear in order. You can decorate them to match your room.
I try to buy second hand items to use instead of buying new for some items. Saving pickle and olive jars to store odds and ins. Any cardboard to help start our wood burner. Our wooden raised garden beds started to deteriorate, so we use old metal roofing to wrap them. God bless.
You can make great little christmas ornaments for your tree by mixing CINNAMON, and APPLE SAUCE and WHITE GLUE. roll them and cut them with cookie cutters. The smell wonderful
I have a beautiful old copper teapot that had previously been purely ornamental; now my watering can for houseplants! Beautiful spout is great for small or high pots. Feels so special using it; I'm sure my plants appreciate it! So now I've taken a silver teapot to my workplace as I am crazy plant lady there and needed a watering can there too. Very fancy!
Loved the gravy boat idea. I have a ceramic teapot. Might repo it as gravy boat. Clear totes (I pick them up @ thrift stored for couple dollars. They usually are lidless. No problem. They are great mini greenhouses. Small metal garbage cans work as mini greenhouses for starting plants outside. God bless.
I use my shampoo as a body wash, conditioner for shaving (it stays on the back of my calves better than gel or foam shaving creams), and prefer tooth powder (takes less water to rinse and I like the unsweetened as it doesn't give me a yucky taste in my mouth after brushing or when I wake up). I use the toolbox I made in shop class back in school (I graduated high school in 1998 but don't quite remember if I was in junior or high school when I took that class) to hold my personal care items and I use an old Easter vase to hold my brushes and combs I thrifted from my father-in-law's items he would have donated otherwise after cleaning out his storage shed to turn it into a workshop.
Back in the 60's my mum used to put all the little bits of hand soap too small to use, in a jar with a little water to make a soft soap for washing woollens. She also saved butter papers folded in a jar for greasing baking tins. The other thing I remember was that as we finished a jar of jam (I think you call it jelly) she would put dried prunes or apricots to soak in it so as not to waste the last scrapings! She was from the "make do and mend" generation!
That reminded me of what my mother did with newly emptied molasses jars--she would pour a cup of milk into it, recap it and shake well for a delicious frothy molasses shake. Yum! I do that today and am teaching it to my kids and grand kids .
I started housekeeping in 65 so know some of the things you mentioned. Actually jam and jelly are 2 different items. Jelly is the fruit juice that is sweetened and thickened. Jam is when you have pieces of fruit instead of just the juice. I always used a blender, or mixer or broke it all up some way. I also bought and used packaged pectin to thicken.
I used Pepsodent toothpaste to patch little holes in walls in one place I lived in prior to moving out so I wouldn't get dinged for leaving holes in the walls.when my mosque had a commercial flat top gas griddle we used Crisco bricks to season and restore the cooking surface after heavy use
In winter we use old towels on the floor near the door, so the dogs' feet don't track mud all over the house. It is easy to wash them, compared to a doormat and the dogs don't mind walking on the towel.
Costco peach boxes are smaller now and have tops on each of the long sides that fold over to meet in the middle of the box. They might work better for your jars if you cut the tops off. Shampoo can be used as a laundry stain pretreatment. In a pinch I've used it to hand wash clothing when traveling. This was a fun video 🌞👍
You can use shampoo in you washing machine. You will get rid of a bottle of shampoo in 2 or 3 loads . Gone. Its strips body oils off your clothing a hot wash . Your cothing or bedding that dosent get really soiled. Your just removing sweat or body oils off fabric. Citrus peel , you cant compost it or put in your worm farm but you can dry it out , as i do on a raised plate that sits on to of my fire place and once its dry enough to snap , i store it in old coffee jars to use them as fighter lighter in my fire place. They work well. Just stick about an orange peels worth tucked in to your kindling and once that catches alight, it will burn really hot for a bit to get your fire started with only twigs , no paper in your fire place. Paper, i save to make fire bricks instead. Saves on wood . You thing with the flannel, i chopped up 2 pairs of old pjs that ripped only last week to added in to the inbetween the outer fabric and the linning on a coat, in the sleeves and around the chest and back to add a thin extra layer of warmth in a vintage coat . Its thin but its so much warmer. Just like wearing a flannel shirt extra layer but hidden in a beautiful old coat that a flannel shirt would not have gone with , style wise. You would never know. Old wool blankets. Ive made duffle coats and cute pinnaforms for kids. Linned with a old floral sheet and used the print as actcents and pockets in these too . Cant say the kids are not warm if they have 2 layers of blanket on as their clothing .. umm may add old flannel as a inner layer between the blanket abd sheet as i did with my coat .. extra warm . Do you have maccona coffee there? If so , ive found that the plastic seal on the glass lids comes off. I am now storing all sorts of stuff in not only the jars but im using the lids as sealed storage too.
Using the teapot for gravy is a great idea, I'm going to use that one for sure. I cover the heavier bottom box from velveeta and the big cream cheese blocks with colored duct tape or leave plain and use it for drawer dividers. This is a great idea for a video and am going to refer back to look at comments. Thanks Heidi!
Thank you, Heidi. Videos like this are perfect for those times when your mind goes blank and you can’t think of something. Then, VOILA!, someone else thinks for you! 😆
I have learned recently that cassia cinnamon is actually much better at controlling blood sugar. So although I won use cassia for cooking, I will start using cassia medicinally.
I heard a large can of crisco will burn for a month. I've used toothpaste (the white kind) to polish silver for years, it works really well. I cut the Amazon bubble envelopes into pieces to slip over/in between my jars in boxes to keep them from rattling around. I transfer items from Costco from plastic containers to Mason jars and put cat, dogfood, bird seed in them. Or non food items like cotton pads, q tips, small travel size things, dishwasher packets, rags, Epsom salts, borax, etc.
I put a bunch of shampoos and cleaning products out when I had a garage sale and someone bought them all....just 25 or 50 cents each...but maybe they got used....
Crisco! Lol mama was a southern gal and used crisco! It makes me also think of the movie The Help! There's some good uses of Crisco! 🤣 it's a good watch!
Though I am sure it is worse now, when you read about the history of Crisco, it was not all that great to begin with. It was touted as being healthier than butter and lard but that was all a marketing ploy to sell a product: www.realfoodhouston.com/wp-files/2013/05/20/crisco-how-marketing-trumped-nutrition/
If you have one of those foaming hand soap dispensers, when it is empty mix liquid soap with water 1/2 & 1/2...pour into dispenser and it will foam just like he original did.
I use boxes from Costco in my freezer for organization and to be able to stack more on the shelves. the tall boxes for half & half or lettuces work great. They also help insulate so if the power goes out, it helps keep the items cold a little longer.
@@sunflower3463 yes. I had a power outage a while back and my dog's food was in a box in the freezer. It ended up staying the coldest. I mostly just like it for storage ease and organization. Beats having to dig around for things.
Great idea. I had bought some plastic bins, but they are too shallow and my frozen goods have fallen out and attacked me a few times. Plus it would be easy to label a cardboard box.
Love this video! Love all the comments and ideas! I use old wine boxes I get from Trader Joe's that still have the dividers in them to store my canned foods in. I cut them down and they are Just right for pint Jars and easy to take off the shelves also protects the jars. 😊
Hi Heidi I like using empty wax paper or parchment paper box for storing straws just cut the flap off and they slide in the drawer really well. Thank you for all you do ! God bless!
- Elisa McManus- For Shampoo and conditioner that I don't used it anymore I use it for my laundry, shampoo for wash and conditioner for softener. my laundry smells good..
Good morning, Heidi! Have you ever just washed your dry hair with solid coconut oil? I have long blonde hair and I take a handful and distribute it on my wet scalp, then work it for a few minutes. I leave it there, then take another large dollop and distribute it throughout my wet locks. Then I work my fingers through to detangle. Finish bathing and rinse out. Luxious, (that's Luscious and luxurious combined) moisturized locks and my hair is thoroughly clean. I did this with women in the north of Brazil and the Islands everywhere in the world. 🌞🌴🍋🍊💕. @Rain Country
@@CG-mj8tk it cleanses your hair by absorbing any oil but not stripping your hair. Leaves my amazing but I have long blonde hair. I swim a lot in my tropical climate. But Africans, Caribbean people and anyone with frizzy hair particularly can benefit.
@Rain. Heidi, I have a question for you. When you got started making your YT videos, what editing application did you use, or the best free one to start with. I am working on growing my channel, yesterday was the first day I had a video make it over 20 views... This morning it is over 130 views, I am not sure how or why it has so many but I am so excited. Sure wish I had SOMEONE like you and many others I watch that was close enough and willing to mentor. Anyeays thank you for your wonderful videos.
In the beginning I used an old video camera and a free movie editor as I was not going to invest in my channel until I knew it may actually get interest. I have a video I recently shot and uploaded all about tips on getting started on youtube. It is scheduled to publish in about three weeks. I know it is a ways out but I always am ahead on my videos to cover me when things get too crazy for me to keep up (such as this past week with the wedding and all). So I recommend you watch for that to come out, you might find it pretty helpful. It is a bit longer than most of my videos but I was trying to cover a lot of information
@@RainCountryHomestead sweet, thank you. I sure will keep my eyes open for that vid. I will be using my cheap dollar store phone for now, At this time I do not plan on investing any money into the channel, mostly because at this time it would be silly and I don't have the funds to do so yet. I really don't have much clue about YT and making a go of the channel.
@@RainCountryHomestead oh... I do have a chromebook, a lady that is a FB friend of mine from Cali, sent it to me a long while back. When she asked me if I wanted it I was like .. Up you mean like for free....? She was like yes, for free. She then said she woild pay for the shipping also. I was like thinking is this lady for real ? Okay, what do I have to loose? So I send her my address and a few wks laster I got a chrome book in the mail. I was so shocked. Heck I kinda still am. It is a blessing and such a surprise. I had a big laptop but the mother board is burnt, so... It is old 2010, but I really liked it was a nice comp. I do not really know much about chrome book's. Lol
I reuse lids for food storage. For example, if I slice a lemon, I may use one half. I invert the other half onto a lid and storage it that way in the fridge without having to cover it it put it in a bag, etc. It works for me until I use it up completely.
Does anyone have an idea for a nonmessy molasses dispenser? I put blackstrap molasses in my coffee in the morning for minerals and sweetener, but I make such a mess of it. It's so much thicker than regular syrup.
This is a great question. I need a good option. I usually keep in a wide mouth mason jar to use with a spoon but still so messy and if you do not clean the lid and rim each time, one might as well have put Gorilla glue on the lid!
I have one of those stainless steel mini pitchers that you see in restaurants for cream or syrup. I keep it on top of the stove where the pilot light is. I actually keep coconut oil in it but it might keep you molasses more liquid so it pours easier.
I have a lady that I clean for and she gives me some of her scotch bottles some of them are expensive and heavy I wash and reuse them there clear but I still use them
Heidi you’ve inspired me here in the U.K. your amazing . I’m going to try blackberry mead. Watched you loads of time, but 1 question, do I have to use awful chemicals to sterilise my equipment? Much appreciate your channel. Thank you. Marion.
Im trying my own shampoo recipe but have extremely dry, thick and wiry hair. What can I do to preserve coconut milk so that I can make larger batches? Right now 1/2 a can makes 2 weeks worth of shampoo, but then the other half goes bad by week 3. Can I just make bigger batches, using dr bronners as a preservative? I hate spending $ on failed projects but this soap is the best Ive ever used, I just dont use the coconut milk fast enough and making 1 pint at a time just doesnt seem to be fast enough. Thank you in advanced if you respond.
I accidentally bought 5kg sack of barley grain rather than (hulled) pearled barley. Any ideas of what I can do with it?? It's not pleasant to eat because of the thick skin on the grains. I was thinking of maybe trying to mill it.. ?
I made that same mistake with buckwheat. I did try grinding it as is mixed with other grains and it was fine but I ended up feeding it to my chickens instead.
@@RainCountryHomestead I saw a video where some sifted the buckwheat after she ground it and it came out nice. I gre my own buckwheat and plan on trying this.
Oh, and P.S. When I made emergency candles many years ago I purchased off brand vegetable shortening in a can and put in a taper candle for the wick. I have used these in power outages for over ten years and it seems they will last forever. I keep them in a readily access able area with the lid on and easy strike matches taped to the lid. When I need them they are just right there. When I'm finished, I pop the lid back on and put them back in there spot.
I used to use the tapered candles but they were to expensive. I found a box of menorah candle in a thrift store, 60 for $3.00 with 25% senior discount. Perfect length for pint jars and those sizes.
Brilliant!
Great idea. Especially taping match to lid!!
Old plastic prescription medicine bottles can be used to store coins in car for an emergency, toll bridges, etc.
Old gum 35-piece plastic pouches can be used to carry shopping lists, keys, $$, and any paperwork that can be folded.
Old short pieces of wrapping paper can be used to cover up shoe boxes with color & flair.
Old large soda bottles can be used for long term storage of grains, cereal, etc.
Yes, when I needed quarters for the laundry machine, I used a med bottle, and loved it! Also, for toll roads always kept in car.
Been using vegetable shorting to make candles for years, add essential oil if you want fragrance.
Take a look on the Crisco shortning and in the logo it has a flame as part of the design.
In the depression Crisco was mainly used as lighting , megga candles
You just shove a few taper candles in to the tube and the taper candles are basicly there wicks .
But the diffent size tubs , you have to know how many taper candles to use.
You can add sents to it if you like and this method is called the 45 day emergency candle.
Yep should last 45 days :)
I love this kind of content-thank you for posting! My fiancé has learned I’m constantly trying to reduce re-use, recycle and repurpose. The funniest reaction he had was how I shake all the dirt from the sod I take out for new beds, put that back in the bed, then compost the grass/roots. Now he tells his friends/family I recycle dirt, lol!
Yes, I do this too. There is some good dirt in there! haha
I do that too as I’ve found some earth worms in that dirt
I collect lint from the dryer and stuff a little into cardboard egg carton compartments. Add melted wax from old candles. Cut or tear into individual cups. These make great firestarters in my fire pit. Just light one corner.
One of my videos from when I first started my channel I show doing this very thing
Love the fire starter idea. I stuff empty toilet paper rolls with dryer lint for fire starter. Adding wax in the egg container sounds great! Love all the inspirations! 🌺
@@theresamcnary1936 That is actually what we do now with Patrick's special jig he made to hold them: th-cam.com/video/6kQeeYteawI/w-d-xo.html
And old family friend taught me how to make the same fire starters, they work!
For sliding glass doors use silicone spray only.
We work in a glass company, and never use anything else because it gathers dust, hair, etc. and when we have to come out and work on those doors, we charge a whole lot more to clean all the gunk out.
Do you know how to get a slider to lock when its absorbed humidity and won't?
The teapot for gravy is genius! I always learn something watching you! I just bought some ceylon cinnamon, and have a quart jar of cassia, so now I have a use for that. Thanks again, many Blessings!!
Hair conditioner can be used to relax wool items that have shrunk.
Wow, I will have to try that. I shrunk one of my favorite sweaters.
Heidi these are great tips. I love your channel. The tip I have is that my bestie and I have actually planned road trips/vacations around going to second hand/thrift/goodwill/salvation army stores. God bless you and yours.🤗🙏
I make all occasion cards and Christmas cards & gift tags from used cards. My friends have been very generous to give me their old cards. I then gift the cards in packs of 12 to 15 cards to anyone that would like to have them. Enjoyed your video...it is always good to find new uses for unwanted items. I try to make a habit before I throw something away to say what else can this be used for. LOL. Have a Blessed day.
A bar of soap works well for sliding doors, drawers, ect if you don't have Crisco. I know people who used up their conditioner as a fabric softener in their wash.. Toothpaste- you can use it to clean the headlight lenses on your car.-it makes them clear again. You've given so many great ideas, thanks!
I was wondering if it would work as a fabric softener as well but have never tried it.
@@RainCountryHomestead It does.
Tooth paste works well to keep fog from windows glasses, scuba mask, etc. Just wash it then rinse well.
I am going to try the conditioner in the wash idea, I'll report back!
We would add cinnamon to our daughters sand in her sandbox to help keep the spiders out. It really did seem to help there too.
I wonder if it also would help in that case to keep cats from using it as a litter box?
@@RainCountryHomestead I'm not sure! It would be nice if it did! Our daughter's sandbox had a cover on it, which we always kept closed because of our many farm cats.
@@RainCountryHomestead Lavender may work. Most cats hate lavender. You could either plant lavender around the sand box, or sprinkle chopped lavender into the sand while you wait for the plants to grow.
Conditioner can be used in the laundry for softening. I just put a little on a old rag and tossed it into the dryer with my wet laundry. Shampoos I have left over I have used for scrubbing the sink and toilet. Waste not want not is how we save money!
My daughter in law saves her chicken and horse feed bags for me. I wash them inside out. Then I either use colored duct tape to make totes or sew them on my machine. They're cute!
i have used old conditioner in my laundry... kinda like fabric softener.
I'm a city slicker so I don't make much and I buy easy to use items so I'll apologize up front on my hints. My husband and I like the powdered protein mixes and we like to use unsweetened almond milk with them. Both come in large plastic food grade containers. I reuse them for storage, rice, beans, pasta, sugar, salt. I will put a few bay leaves in to deter pests. Once I put the lids on tightly I put duct tape around the bottom of the lids for extra protection. I label and date them, of course. I've had no problem when I've opened one as I rotate.
My husband and I are Chipotle addicts. We're there every week for date night. I keep the aluminum lids for emergency cooking and I keep the small plastic containers with lids for putting condiments/sauces in my husband's lunches.
They also have the sturdiest cutlery!!!!!!
Good morning Heidi!🌻
I save the clamshell containers and meat trays (very clean) to use under planting pots and 4 or 6-packs for seed starting.
Blessings! 💜
Use unused shampoo & conditioner for cleaning paint brushes or for washing the car. The conditioner mixed with warm water and splashed over the freshly washed car helps prevent spots.
Great tips!
I used to sell silver jewelry...please only use the plain white toothpaste on your silver. Aquafresh type are no bueno for silver.
I cover many of my Amazon boxes with pretty leftover wrapping paper and use them as storage baskets on my shelves for hideaway items. I also build little two story huts for my daughters kitty’s they love them and I have fun creating them. Once tore up it’s no big loss.
I need to learn to sew! I'm over 60 and I don't know how to sew! Home economics wasn't my thing. I wanted to be in the Library learning the dewy decimal system 😔 What good has THAT done me! 😆
Fabric glue works really well.
As long as your ALIVE ...ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN !!
@@dewuknowofHyMn You are sew right! 🥰
@@woodsie5796 I'm with you, 64 and terrible at it, yet my daughter is a master seamstress (no, she wont teach me) I did learn how to crochet from watching Heidi's videos. I think I can learn to sew from her other videos too
@@dewuknowofHyMn amen to that!!!
I use old shampoo to get out perspiration or other stains when I hand wash an item. My Mom did that and it worked well, so it's a tip I continue to use.
Omg! That's what I use mine for gravy. I have 2 smaller ones like that it has the blk trim on the handle. I also have oils that I don't use and put a wick in it and use as a candle I reuse almost everything in my home I will find something to do with it, no lost there. Great video.. love it.🥰🤗
I use cologate toothpaste to clean the yellow discoloration that builds on my headlights off. I have also found it makes a nice polish on chrome and wheels
Can't believe how self sufficient, low cost and low maintenance my family really is until I see these videos! Most the tips I see are tips I already use regularly! Lol I even wash used foil and use it up to five times if the food doesn't cake on too much! 😁 When I use plastic wrap... I wipe of moisture and use it over and over.
I have found other ways to avoid both foil and plastic wrap. Now the only time I really use those is if I am sending food home with someone in throw away containers. I have some silicone bowl covers that I really like or I use plates of various sizes as bowl covers: th-cam.com/video/QRb3S2RuzM8/w-d-xo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead what do you use the cover dishes or wrap foods when cooking in the oven instead of foil? I would love to have something reusable!
@@AHomeIsHaven I mostly use glass or stainless steel baking dishes that have lids. However, when I bake in my toaster oven, the handles of the lids make it so they do not fit so instead I put a Corelle plate over the top and it works great. This time of year though I bake on my wood stove so I can use the regular lids
@@RainCountryHomestead That's awesome! I'll take a look around see see what sort of dishes would work for us. Thank you so much. ☺️ I really enjoy watching your shows.
I mix my unused hair condioner, by adding a little white vinegar to it and used a clothes softener in the wash.
Id use the teapot as a vignette to hold flowers/greenery. Can change up for the season. Real or fake. I have a silver tea pot in my powder room with white tulips in it, and one on my kitchen table. I change to Xmas greenery,/pinecones ribbon in winter. . I collect silver. Love yor silver tea pot.
When I want to have coconut ice cream, I melt a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil and add cacao powder to slightly thicken it. I place it on the ice cream and it hardens up. I don’t add any sweetener to the topping as the ice cream already has enough. A nice treat. I remember the magic shell that my parents got us when we were kids.
Yep, that Magic Shell had coconut oil as the main ingredient :)
Off topic, but Maine is now charging 5 cents per plastic bag at grocery stores. I live in central IN and found out yesterday that Walmart (don't shame me for going there - not a habit) is running out of plastic bags and are having supply issues. Is this the next shortage? Perhaps. Just wanted to give a heads up that plastic grocery bags may become even more valuable in the future.
As always, Heidi, I love your channel and all the wonderful tips and tricks you share with us! Thank you so much for your hard work!
I do not shame people for where they shop, I shop at places others call evil (Amazon for instance) and no matter how righteous anyone thinks they are because of their own personal shopping habits, they are still purchasing products made by slave labor or shopping at places someone else would deem as wicked. We all have to do the best we can with what we have and that is all there is to it :)
The main reason I do not shop at walmart is the closest one is 75 miles away and I just hate going into the store anyway. Something about it makes me literally feel physically ill. Not sure what it is but I am not the only one to have issues with it. I DO, however, purchase the black oil sunflower seeds for my chickens through Walmart online and have it delivered as it is the best price I can find on them when I am unable to make the trip to town to buy them from Costco
@@RainCountryHomestead Walmart makes me feel that way too! I went in because my local Kroger had hardly any produce and No Organics! I went to Walmart for grapefruit and oranges (organics in particular ...I came out empty handed. :( ) I strolled around the store and marveled at how empty is was. I did find an emergency 48 hour bucket of food to give as a gift to my sister.
I wonder why your distant Walmart makes you feel ill? I have decided the reason mine makes me feel poopy is because they have one of the biggest cell towers I have ever seen, right in the parking lot. I don't like to leave my country home anymore unless necessary.
As for my vitamin C requirement, I'm going to harvest all the rose hips I can find - probable better for me anyway!
@@bushpushersdaughter I had wondered if maybe Walmart has a really strong wifi signal in their store and that is why I get sick. For awhile, I was REALLY sensitive to signals like that so that I was unable to stay inside ANY store for longer than 15 minutes but Walmart was always the worst. Thankfully I now am not as sensitive so most stores are not an issue but Walmart still is, or at least the last time I was in one a few years ago
@@RainCountryHomestead I'm 63 and remember a time before this kind of technology. It also affects me in a very negative way. Before cell towers and smart meters my hearing was perfect - like pin drop perfect. Now the constant ringing high pitched sound just about drives me crazy. When I'm close to those big cell towers I often feel light headed and nauseated and just anxious! Avoid at all costs, I say.
Sending all of God's blessings to you and yours, Heidi.
I use liquor store boxes that have the separated bottle cardboard in them to put my shoes in. Slides in the closet easy and and keeps your foot wear in order. You can decorate them to match your room.
I try to buy second hand items to use instead of buying new for some items. Saving pickle and olive jars to store odds and ins. Any cardboard to help start our wood burner. Our wooden raised garden beds started to deteriorate, so we use old metal roofing to wrap them. God bless.
You can make great little christmas ornaments for your tree by mixing CINNAMON, and APPLE SAUCE and WHITE GLUE. roll them and cut them with cookie cutters. The smell wonderful
Heidi, you have many good ideas how to use up things that we don't use anymore! and with these ideas, we have gone more natural.
I have a beautiful old copper teapot that had previously been purely ornamental; now my watering can for houseplants! Beautiful spout is great for small or high pots. Feels so special using it; I'm sure my plants appreciate it!
So now I've taken a silver teapot to my workplace as I am crazy plant lady there and needed a watering can there too. Very fancy!
Loved the gravy boat idea. I have a ceramic teapot. Might repo it as gravy boat. Clear totes (I pick them up @ thrift stored for couple dollars. They usually are lidless. No problem. They are great mini greenhouses. Small metal garbage cans work as mini greenhouses for starting plants outside. God bless.
Thank you I always think out of the box
Yes..LOVE tooth powder...i use "EcoDent".....😀😉💖
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
I reuse those pretty tissue boxes for seed saving. I rarely use tissues, but hubby does. I repurpose old soft cotton for hankies.
I use old T-shirts for hankies but I believe I cover that in the video I did on repurposing old T-Shirts
@@RainCountryHomestead Yes, I recall watching that video. 😊
I use my shampoo as a body wash, conditioner for shaving (it stays on the back of my calves better than gel or foam shaving creams), and prefer tooth powder (takes less water to rinse and I like the unsweetened as it doesn't give me a yucky taste in my mouth after brushing or when I wake up). I use the toolbox I made in shop class back in school (I graduated high school in 1998 but don't quite remember if I was in junior or high school when I took that class) to hold my personal care items and I use an old Easter vase to hold my brushes and combs I thrifted from my father-in-law's items he would have donated otherwise after cleaning out his storage shed to turn it into a workshop.
I had noticed the same thing about conditioner for shaving, it really is perfect for that.
Back in the 60's my mum used to put all the little bits of hand soap too small to use, in a jar with a little water to make a soft soap for washing woollens. She also saved butter papers folded in a jar for greasing baking tins. The other thing I remember was that as we finished a jar of jam (I think you call it jelly) she would put dried prunes or apricots to soak in it so as not to waste the last scrapings! She was from the "make do and mend" generation!
That reminded me of what my mother did with newly emptied molasses jars--she would pour a cup of milk into it, recap it and shake well for a delicious frothy molasses shake. Yum! I do that today and am teaching it to my kids and grand kids .
I started housekeeping in 65 so know some of the things you mentioned.
Actually jam and jelly are 2 different items. Jelly is the fruit juice that is sweetened and thickened. Jam is when you have pieces of fruit instead of just the juice. I always used a blender, or mixer or broke it all up some way. I also bought and used packaged pectin to thicken.
Great idea for gravy
I used Pepsodent toothpaste to patch little holes in walls in one place I lived in prior to moving out so I wouldn't get dinged for leaving holes in the walls.when my mosque had a commercial flat top gas griddle we used Crisco bricks to season and restore the cooking surface after heavy use
Yes, I did the toothpaste trick to fill nail holes, also. It worked for me.
Great ideas. Glad I found your site. Thank you and God Bless.
In winter we use old towels on the floor near the door, so the dogs' feet don't track mud all over the house. It is easy to wash them, compared to a doormat and the dogs don't mind walking on the towel.
I do this very same thing!
Costco peach boxes are smaller now and have tops on each of the long sides that fold over to meet in the middle of the box. They might work better for your jars if you cut the tops off. Shampoo can be used as a laundry stain pretreatment. In a pinch I've used it to hand wash clothing when traveling. This was a fun video 🌞👍
You can use shampoo in you washing machine.
You will get rid of a bottle of shampoo in 2 or 3 loads .
Gone.
Its strips body oils off your clothing a hot wash .
Your cothing or bedding that dosent get really soiled.
Your just removing sweat or body oils off fabric.
Citrus peel , you cant compost it or put in your worm farm but you can dry it out , as i do on a raised plate that sits on to of my fire place and once its dry enough to snap , i store it in old coffee jars to use them as fighter lighter in my fire place.
They work well. Just stick about an orange peels worth tucked in to your kindling and once that catches alight, it will burn really hot for a bit to get your fire started with only twigs , no paper in your fire place.
Paper, i save to make fire bricks instead. Saves on wood .
You thing with the flannel, i chopped up 2 pairs of old pjs that ripped only last week to added in to the inbetween the outer fabric and the linning on a coat, in the sleeves and around the chest and back to add a thin extra layer of warmth in a vintage coat .
Its thin but its so much warmer.
Just like wearing a flannel shirt extra layer but hidden in a beautiful old coat that a flannel shirt would not have gone with , style wise.
You would never know.
Old wool blankets.
Ive made duffle coats and cute pinnaforms for kids.
Linned with a old floral sheet and used the print as actcents and pockets in these too .
Cant say the kids are not warm if they have 2 layers of blanket on as their clothing .. umm may add old flannel as a inner layer between the blanket abd sheet as i did with my coat .. extra warm .
Do you have maccona coffee there?
If so , ive found that the plastic seal on the glass lids comes off.
I am now storing all sorts of stuff in not only the jars but im using the lids as sealed storage too.
Here is the video I did just on the many uses for orange peels: th-cam.com/video/y_nykxfVVGE/w-d-xo.html
I love these ideas! So clever!
I love magazines and making jewellery so I've started making paper beads using the magazines! I also use bubble wrap to make jewellery.
I have made paper beads before, those are fun and can be quite beautiful
Using the teapot for gravy is a great idea, I'm going to use that one for sure. I cover the heavier bottom box from velveeta and the big cream cheese blocks with colored duct tape or leave plain and use it for drawer dividers. This is a great idea for a video and am going to refer back to look at comments. Thanks Heidi!
Add cloves to the shampoo with a little water and use it as a hand sanitizer
Thank you, Heidi. Videos like this are perfect for those times when your mind goes blank and you can’t think of something. Then, VOILA!, someone else thinks for you! 😆
Haha! Well, I have to say, I have had plenty of help in the past five years of doing youtube from many followers as well :D
Costco avocado boxes holds 15 quart jars nicely.
I have learned recently that cassia cinnamon is actually much better at controlling blood sugar. So although I won use cassia for cooking, I will start using cassia medicinally.
Yep, it is good for that, it is a matter of making sure to not over do it with it as it can be detrimental in large doses
I heard a large can of crisco will burn for a month.
I've used toothpaste (the white kind) to polish silver for years, it works really well.
I cut the Amazon bubble envelopes into pieces to slip over/in between my jars in boxes to keep them from rattling around.
I transfer items from Costco from plastic containers to Mason jars and put cat, dogfood, bird seed in them. Or non food items like cotton pads, q tips, small travel size things, dishwasher packets, rags, Epsom salts, borax, etc.
I subscribe for vinegar making videos, but now I see that the channels has plenty of topics
I put a bunch of shampoos and cleaning products out when I had a garage sale and someone bought them all....just 25 or 50 cents each...but maybe they got used....
Crisco! Lol mama was a southern gal and used crisco! It makes me also think of the movie The Help! There's some good uses of Crisco! 🤣 it's a good watch!
I saw that movie and really liked it :)
Crisco was different in the old days. Now it is full of gmo junk plants sprayed with weed killer. @jml
Though I am sure it is worse now, when you read about the history of Crisco, it was not all that great to begin with. It was touted as being healthier than butter and lard but that was all a marketing ploy to sell a product: www.realfoodhouston.com/wp-files/2013/05/20/crisco-how-marketing-trumped-nutrition/
If you have one of those foaming hand soap dispensers, when it is empty mix liquid soap with water 1/2 & 1/2...pour into dispenser and it will foam just like he original did.
Yep, I have a few of those and love them. I use them with the Dr. Jacob's soap: th-cam.com/video/9xLvPlLghbI/w-d-xo.html
I just watched another video about using crisco for a candle. She uses a narrow taper type candle cut to size as the "wick".
LOL I just read a few comments down and saw Dawn E. said the same thing.
Regular tooth paste works well for removing tea and coffee strings from coffee cups and mugs.
I use boxes from Costco in my freezer for organization and to be able to stack more on the shelves. the tall boxes for half & half or lettuces work great. They also help insulate so if the power goes out, it helps keep the items cold a little longer.
Are the boxes you use cardboard?
@@sunflower3463 yes. I had a power outage a while back and my dog's food was in a box in the freezer. It ended up staying the coldest. I mostly just like it for storage ease and organization. Beats having to dig around for things.
@@erins2473 thanks very much for the info I’m going to try it too we have power outrages a lot too
Great idea. I had bought some plastic bins, but they are too shallow and my frozen goods have fallen out and attacked me a few times. Plus it would be easy to label a cardboard box.
Love this video! Love all the comments and ideas! I use old wine boxes I get from Trader Joe's that still have the dividers in them to store my canned foods in. I cut them down and they are Just right for pint Jars and easy to take off the shelves also protects the jars. 😊
I mix the shampoos with water in those little foaming hand pumps.
Hi Heidi I like using empty wax paper or parchment paper box for storing straws just cut the flap off and they slide in the drawer really well. Thank you for all you do ! God bless!
Ty
- Elisa McManus- For Shampoo and conditioner that I don't used it anymore I use it for my laundry, shampoo for wash and conditioner for softener. my laundry smells good..
Such great ideas, thanks sweet friend, blessings
Save all boxes and I’ll make boxes to fit what I can use for canning storage . Thank you dear GODBLESS
Christmas cards. I cut them Into postcards to send next year.
I cut them up to male gift tags.
I also repurpose Christmas cards, as gift tags.
Good tips , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Have used cheap conditioners for shaving cream for years
So many great ideas. I will have to check out the videos you mentioned.
Good morning, Heidi! Have you ever just washed your dry hair with solid coconut oil? I have long blonde hair and I take a handful and distribute it on my wet scalp, then work it for a few minutes. I leave it there, then take another large dollop and distribute it throughout my wet locks. Then I work my fingers through to detangle. Finish bathing and rinse out. Luxious, (that's Luscious and luxurious combined) moisturized locks and my hair is thoroughly clean. I did this with women in the north of Brazil and the Islands everywhere in the world. 🌞🌴🍋🍊💕. @Rain Country
Never tried it though I have and do use coconut oil (in a blend of other fats) as a finishing to tame down my big hair after washing
No shampoo at all? How do u get all the greasiness out though?
What about all that grease going down your drain?
@@RainCountryHomestead it would be amazing for your hair.
@@CG-mj8tk it cleanses your hair by absorbing any oil but not stripping your hair. Leaves my amazing but I have long blonde hair. I swim a lot in my tropical climate. But Africans, Caribbean people and anyone with frizzy hair particularly can benefit.
Love this topic.
Crisco... Submarine grease! Ack! That stuff is great for anything other than food!
You could donate any personal products to women’s shelters.
Thanks Heidi 💕
My sister uses the shampoo-reject to clean the toilet.
Thank you for sharing good idea 💡👍
Great! Thank you, Heidi!
Tooth paste removes odors from hands like aftee handling fish... maybe for removing scuff marks from the floor etc...
Great video! Love the ideal about using the tea pot for a gravy bowl. I broke my gravy bowl. Plus it never held enough.
@Rain. Heidi, I have a question for you. When you got started making your YT videos, what editing application did you use, or the best free one to start with. I am working on growing my channel, yesterday was the first day I had a video make it over 20 views... This morning it is over 130 views, I am not sure how or why it has so many but I am so excited. Sure wish I had SOMEONE like you and many others I watch that was close enough and willing to mentor. Anyeays thank you for your wonderful videos.
In the beginning I used an old video camera and a free movie editor as I was not going to invest in my channel until I knew it may actually get interest. I have a video I recently shot and uploaded all about tips on getting started on youtube. It is scheduled to publish in about three weeks. I know it is a ways out but I always am ahead on my videos to cover me when things get too crazy for me to keep up (such as this past week with the wedding and all). So I recommend you watch for that to come out, you might find it pretty helpful. It is a bit longer than most of my videos but I was trying to cover a lot of information
@@RainCountryHomestead sweet, thank you. I sure will keep my eyes open for that vid. I will be using my cheap dollar store phone for now, At this time I do not plan on investing any money into the channel, mostly because at this time it would be silly and I don't have the funds to do so yet. I really don't have much clue about YT and making a go of the channel.
@@RainCountryHomestead oh... I do have a chromebook, a lady that is a FB friend of mine from Cali, sent it to me a long while back. When she asked me if I wanted it I was like .. Up you mean like for free....? She was like yes, for free. She then said she woild pay for the shipping also. I was like thinking is this lady for real ? Okay, what do I have to loose? So I send her my address and a few wks laster I got a chrome book in the mail. I was so shocked. Heck I kinda still am. It is a blessing and such a surprise. I had a big laptop but the mother board is burnt, so... It is old 2010, but I really liked it was a nice comp. I do not really know much about chrome book's. Lol
My granny poured beer in disposable pie pans, set them around the garden, worked pretty good.
Yep, that will work for some but as I mentioned in the video above, it does NOT work here
No I know 😊 Ty 👍
Can you do a reuse video on lids? All kinds of lids. If I don't save the bottles, I at least save the lids.
I reuse lids for food storage. For example, if I slice a lemon, I may use one half. I invert the other half onto a lid and storage it that way in the fridge without having to cover it it put it in a bag, etc. It works for me until I use it up completely.
Crisco for soapmaking.
This is awesome! Great ideas!!
Does anyone have an idea for a nonmessy molasses dispenser? I put blackstrap molasses in my coffee in the morning for minerals and sweetener, but I make such a mess of it. It's so much thicker than regular syrup.
This is a great question. I need a good option. I usually keep in a wide mouth mason jar to use with a spoon but still so messy and if you do not clean the lid and rim each time, one might as well have put Gorilla glue on the lid!
@@RainCountryHomestead I agree. I'm making myself very unpopular in the kitchen this way.😊
@@RainCountryHomestead A squirt bottle with a long nose works well. Just cut the tip off a little bit bigger so it comes out faster.
I have one of those stainless steel mini pitchers that you see in restaurants for cream or syrup. I keep it on top of the stove where the pilot light is. I actually keep coconut oil in it but it might keep you molasses more liquid so it pours easier.
@@cindydolezal2980 That's how we started keeping our honey. Our local resale shop had a ton of these for $1.50 each.
I use my old conditioner in my vinegar for fabric softener for the scent
I have a lady that I clean for and she gives me some of her scotch bottles some of them are expensive and heavy I wash and reuse them there clear but I still use them
What do you use them for?
Heidi you’ve inspired me here in the U.K. your amazing . I’m going to try blackberry mead. Watched you loads of time, but 1 question, do I have to use awful chemicals to sterilise my equipment? Much appreciate your channel. Thank you. Marion.
Wonder if you could use conditioner as a fabric softener...
Several in comments have said they have done that very thing
Can the silver teapot go on a stove (gas flame) or only on a warm surface like a wood stove?
I am sure it can be used on gas if not set too high but I always use my wood stove or hot plate (depending on the time of the year)
Im trying my own shampoo recipe but have extremely dry, thick and wiry hair. What can I do to preserve coconut milk so that I can make larger batches? Right now 1/2 a can makes 2 weeks worth of shampoo, but then the other half goes bad by week 3. Can I just make bigger batches, using dr bronners as a preservative? I hate spending $ on failed projects but this soap is the best Ive ever used, I just dont use the coconut milk fast enough and making 1 pint at a time just doesnt seem to be fast enough. Thank you in advanced if you respond.
Yes I use doterra toothpaste but my husband doesn't care what he uses but I'm slowly turning him my mother always used toothpaste for jewelry
I accidentally bought 5kg sack of barley grain rather than (hulled) pearled barley. Any ideas of what I can do with it?? It's not pleasant to eat because of the thick skin on the grains. I was thinking of maybe trying to mill it.. ?
I made that same mistake with buckwheat. I did try grinding it as is mixed with other grains and it was fine but I ended up feeding it to my chickens instead.
@@RainCountryHomestead I saw a video where some sifted the buckwheat after she ground it and it came out nice. I gre my own buckwheat and plan on trying this.
You can always donate it.