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One Less Thing to Buy—Make Your Own Vinegar!

I use vinegar for everything—cleaning, cooking, you name it. Now I make my own with just 3 simple ingredients. One less thing to buy, and it’s so easy! #DIYVinegar #HomesteadHacks #FrugalLiving #NaturalCleaning #Homesteading

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Victoria (Wildchild )

So if I use store vinegar to make my own vinegar then the home made vinegar I can make more vinegar? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck lol Wow,

Elizabeth Hammonds

You making white vinegar but you put white vinegar in it. Why make it that’s crazy

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