The Little Dutch Maid Hand Crank Mixer Review

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Telescoping Portable Wheelchair Ramps

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Amish Quilts | Quilts | Quilt Patterns | Amish Recipes

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Healthy Choices- The Ultimate Self-Sufficient Bible

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An old fashion Ice Cream Freezer-Ice Cream Maker

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Custom Camo Hydrographic Gun Stocks for $99.95 Shotguns Included

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Aermoter Windmill and Heller-Aller Pump Restoration Parts

If you are needing to restore an old Aemotor windmill or looking for parts for a Heller-Aller water well hand or windmill pump, you will be glad to know both companies are still manufacturing new windmills and pumps.

This Aermotor Windmill was installed in the 1950s and is still going strong today  in 2012!

Both of these American companies started doing business in the late 1800s and have survived despite the electric submersible water well pump.

Aemotor was by far one of the most popular and only completely made windmill.  Mile for mile across America you will see Aemotor windmills still in use or ready to be restored.  The parts have changed very little, only the manufacturing process has been modernized to make even more durable parts.

Heller-Aller pumps were purchased in 1995 by Hitzer Stove Company of Indiana.  Heller-Aller Pumps have also changed very little over the years.

Heller-Aller Model 50L Force water well hand and windmill pump.

Heller-Aller Force Pitcher Pump for shallow wells and cisterns.

You can purchase Aemotor Windmill parts or complete new windmills and towers as well as Heller-Aller deep and shallow well pumps and parts at Cottage Craft Works .com  They are located under the Farm and Garden Tab or just Click Here.

Large Stainless Steel Sink Drain Board | Drying Rack

Stainless Steel Sink Drain Board from Cottage Craft Works .com handles the big drying projects!

If you are like most that love to garden, home can, and cook in large stock pots the prep and the fulfillment of a job well done is the fun part.  On the other hand the cleanup is not so much fun.  A home style kitchen sink just was not designed to handle those large pots and pans, consequently the kitchen counter around the sink, down on the cabinet fronts and out on to the floor general end up soaked before the cleanup process can be completed.
 
If you have upgraded the kitchen cabinets and counters, you know excess water is not good on this type of large investment.

The Amish live off-grid without modern convinces such as a dishwasher.  They also have large extended families and do a lot of large batch cooking and home canning.  They have developed an extra large Stainless Steel Drain Board in order to drain off excess water back into the kitchen sink.

The Stainless drain board can be used  flat or add a dish rack, even with a dish rack there is still room to dry long spoons and knives on the side. Either way you can easily spray off soap suds and all the excess water drains back into the sink.

The extra large Stainless drain board is a very nice but functional item to have in the kitchen to air dry those large commercial size pots, pans and other kitchen utensils. Heavy duty stainless board is right at home with the new style commercial kitchen look. Use on all types of counter tops and with all types of kitchen sinks.  Drain board measures 20-1/2 x 18-1/4 and tilts from 2-1/2 down to the sink.  It weighs 4 lbs.  USA Amish made from 304 USA Stainless Steel.  The board has rolled edges and welded corners.  Extra high tilt allows it to still drain even on raised edge kitchen sinks.

The Amish made Extra Large Stainless Drain Board is $49.87 and is available at Cottage Craft Works .com.  It is located under the Kitchen food processing tab/Kitchen Cooking Utensils or Click Here.

Use with our without a wire dish rack to wash and dry all your canning equipment at one time.

Dry food processor equipment that may not be safe in a dishwasher, keeps the water off counters, cabinets, and the floor.

Stainless drain board handles large commercial style stock pots.

Certified Organic | Grains | Flour | Granola | Puffed Cereal

Buying grains and flours in bulk make an excellent stock-up food supply.  Store in tight fitting containers and locate in a cool dry location.  For those who would like to obtain the economics of bulk purchasing but do not need bulk amounts, consider joining with others to purchase a variety of bulk items and then split.  It only takes 3-5 families to make buying in bulk a great money saving idea.  This concept makes an excellent large family project or a network of friends and neighbors to join in a Co-Op program as many did during the early times in American history.

Certified organic grains help to avoid chemical and contaminates in the food supply chain which are believed to be linked to increased levels of cancer and other diseases.

Introduce your family to lifelong lessons of a balance diet using grains to help reduce cholesterol, control blood pressure, cleanse the body of toxins, improve the digestive system and to maintain proper glucose levels.

USDA Dietary Guidelines recommend that adults consume around six ounces of grains daily to provide the needed fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, protein, and carbohydrates.

Spelt is a distant cousin to wheat; it grows like wheat, looks like wheat, and makes flour like wheat, but contains far less gluten making it tolerable for many people with wheat allergies.

Cottage Craft Works .com is one online source for organic grain products and grain grinders.  Grains are grown organically on Amish farms in Holmes County Ohio.

Stutzman Family Farms have been growing organically now for over 60 years, they are certified by Ohio the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association (OEFFA).

Bulk grains are available on line at Cottage Craft Works .com  They include Spelt Berry, Sprouted Spelt Berry, Wheat Berry (soft white, red and hard red), Oat Berry, Rye Berries, Whole Corn (open Pollinated), Amaranth, Barley (hulled) Long Grain Brown Rice (Long Pine and Lundberg) Buckwheat (with hull or without) Flax Seed (golden) and 7-Whole Grain Mix.

Stone ground flours include Whole Spelt Flour, Sprouted Whole Spelt Flour, Whole Wheat Pastry Flour (soft red), Golden Pastry Flour (soft red), Whole Wheat Flour (hard red), Golden White Hard Wheat Flour, Whole Corn Meal (open pollinate), Oat Flour, Rye Flour, Buck Wheat Flour (dark).

Amish Homemade Granolas, puffed grain, grate nut, rolled, grains and brans make a wholesome nutritious high fiber breakfast without the additives and preservatives.

Looking for high energy natural healthy bars, check out the Amish homemade spelt crackers, natural peanut butter bars, and spelt granola bars.

Cottage Craft Works .com is a unique back-to-basics online general store where you will find over 5000 products from small American cottage based businesses.  Products that were made in the early centuries of America before electricity and modern conveniences created more of a dependency on political and corporate driven infrastructures.  Regain a more self-sufficient lifestyle and have less dependency by shopping and stocking up at Cottage Craft Works .com

CCW Hunting Gear and Gun Accessories

CCW may be best known for their unique combo four-in-one turkey calls featuring an owl-hawk-crow locator call built into the base of a beautiful hand crafted turkey box call.


CCW turkey box call and slate call kits are also very popular, but many may not know that between the box calls and friction calls CCW has one of the largest selection of turkey calls on the market today.


CCW Hunting and Game Calls and it's parent company Cottage Craft Works .Com which also provides high quality American Heritage inspired custom hunting gear and gun accessories. If you want a high end hunting gear, CCW is the place to go.


Custom replacement and hand carved gun stocks are a popular place for the avid gun user. CCW can obtain or duplicate a gun stock for just about any rifle or shotgun ever produced.


Custom gun cases for either display or storage are also available at CCW.

CCW Hunting Gear and Gun Accessories

Beautiful handcrafted and finshed hunting and game calls are at CCW.

What many might not realize is that Cottage Craft Works is also a full line outfitter with American made briar proof outerwear, hunting gear belts, gun holsters, slings, feeders, and hunting dog gear. CCW can also have custom restoration, replacement gun stocks, or custom work completed on any type of gun.


Backed with a full line general store concept, you can outfit yourself or camp with outdoor cooking gear and other outdoor sporting equipment. Be sure to check out all the wonderful hunting and game calls along with other outfitting needs at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

CCW Hunting and Game Calls

Cottage Craft Works Hunting Gear

CCW Halfmoon Turkey Box Calls

CCW Halfmoon Turkey Box Calls

CCW Friction Pot Turkey Calls

CCW Four Star Combo Owl/Crow/Hawk/Turkey Box Call

CCW American Heritage Hunting Gear

CCW Pro Gear Hunting Belt

CCW Pro Dog Trainer Belt

CCW Custom Leather Gun Holster

CCW Custom Leather Box Turkey Call Holster

CCW Custom Nylon Holster

CCW Hunting Gear and Gun Accessories

CCW Hunting and Gun Accessories at Cottage Craft Works .Com

CCW Hunting and Game Calls and it's parent company Cottage Craft Works .Com provides high quality custom hunting gear and gun accessories. If you want a high end hunting gear belt, CCW is the place to go.

CCW Custom Gun Restoration Services

CCW has several shops with leading skilled gun craftsmen who will do high end engraving and inletting on gun stocks, and gun metal. Complete restoration services are also available for original Winchester and Parker rifles as well as other brands. Send us a picture along with a sketch of the custom work you are looking for and we will obtain a quote for you.

Custom Wood and Glass Gun Cases

Custom Hardwood and Glass Gun Display Case


A museum quality display case for your museum quality prized collector's pistol!


A high quality Amish handcrafted display cabinet custom made just for the discriminating collector.

Custom Hand Carved Gun Stocks

As Featured in the March 2011 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine!


Imagine exquisitely detailed images of your favorite hunting scenes-right on your gun stock! This talented Amish artisan can detail fabulous hunting scenes into your favorite gun stock, or one of our custom replacement gun stocks.

Custom Leather CCW Gun Holsters

Our Quality American Made Hand Crafted Leather Holsters vs. massed produced and the Imports.


Just like a custom made pair of cowboy boots, our leather craftsmen make each one of our leather holsters and products one at a time. They use only the best heavy-weight, premium leather harvested and tanned in the United States.

Custom Replacement Gun Stocks

CCW Custom Replacement Gun Stocks


We have access to over 1000 stock blanks, if you have a unique gun we can always duplicate the stock in various different woods and grades, including laminates. We have only listed just a few of the most popular models.

CCW Slings, ammo carriers, and ammo pouches

CCW has a large selection of gun slings, ammo carriers and ammo pouches. All made from American tanned premium leathers

Custom Replacement Gun Stock Butt Plates

CCW has custom replacement gun stock butt plates for some of the most popular guns ever made, including Winchester, Parker, Fox Sterling Worth, and many others.

CCW Hunting Gear and Apparel

CCW is a dealer for American Made Dan's Hunting Gear, from all the briarproof jackets, vest, shirts, chaps, boots, game pouches, and hunting dog gear CCW is your one stop shop for all hunting gear and outer wear.

CCW Hunting and Game Calls

CCW has one of the largest selections of hunting and game calls on the market
Hunting calls for wild game, upland bird and waterfowl calls are all available at CCW.

CCW Game Feeders and Food Plot Seeds

CCW has some of the most inexpensive game feeders and some of the best food plot seeds.

CCW Hunting Gear Belts and Game Bags.

CCW has high end hunting gear belts and gear bags. Inspired by hunting gear from the American Heritage. You simply will not find a more versatile hunting belt, built with this level quality material and workmanship anywhere else on the market.

CCW Hunting Dog Gear

From transmitter holders, to dog protection vest and training supplies you will find a large selection of Pro Hunting Dog Gear at CCW

CCW Hunting Gear and Gun Accessories

CCW Hunting Gear and Gun Accessories at Cottage Craft Works .Com

CCW has some of the best American Heritage inspired hunting gear to be found anywhere. Produced by some of the most talented craftsmen, using top grain premium American tanned leathers and tough denier high tenacity nylon. This gear is American made to take a beating out in the field, allowing the hunter to focus more on the hunt than worried if the gear will hold up.


CCW provides leather gun accessories, custom replacement gun stocks and custom gun works and restoration services. CCW Amish hand carved gun stocks were featured in the March 2011 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine.

American Made Products For Home, Farm, Ranch, Gardening, and Hunting

Families turn back to American made self-sufficient Products

There are several movements occurring across America. Some believe in the potential collapse of the economic system and are scrambling to find back-to-basics self survival gear and non-electric products. Others are looking for self defense because of the increasing crime and uncertain times we are living in, others are turning back to living off the earth to rid the potential of toxic chemicals and contaminants being found in the food supply chain, or are looking to go "Green" with energy savings and reducing their carbon foot print. Others are simply unemployed over extended periods are looking how to transform their back yards into a food producing and income producing ventures.


They call themselves "Preppers" those who are preparing to live for extended periods without electricity or infrastructures. Others are just trying to rid themselves of debt, expensive toys, high real estate taxes and just live a more simple stress-less self-sustaining life style. Frugal back-to-basics living is no longer being viewed as being poor but a necessity of daily living.


One thing is for sure-- old fashioned American made quality products built to last, that are used to produce homegrown and homemade items are becoming the "New In Thing" for the American family.


Old fashioned products for a sustainable culture are still being made in small factories and shops all across America. Many people don't know where to find them or how to purchase as many shop owners just don't have the type of marketing dollars to compete with the large corporations, mainly selling imported products.


Cottage Craft Works at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com is one small company who has specialized in the locating and promotion of products made in the cottage based and small American businesses. For over 30 years the owners of Cottage Craft Works have developed relationships with the Amish communities. With now more than 5000 products Cottage Craft Works has a full line general store for the back-to-basics self-sufficient, sustainable culture seekers.

American Families Seek American Made Self-Sufficient Products

Cottage Craft Works Supports The New Frugal American Made Products Family Movement

If you are looking to find old fashioned American made products you are not alone. People want to turn back time--they are tired of the cheaply made copycat items that look like the originals but never work like the originals they remember from their childhood. American people are frustrated over the loss of jobs, after American based factories faded away to foreign soils to make these products cheaper.


Mixed within the overall decline of quality came the theory of planned obsolescence, where if you built a quality product that would last a lifetime, you would at some point be out of business because no one would need to purchase again. Then came corporate greed, with less regulations companies found they could take short cuts in the manufacturing process to make even higher profits, some used recycled items containing toxic chemicals, and heavy metals, others did not invest the time into the expensive research and testing to be sure their products were safe and made to last.


There are several other movements occurring across America. Some believe in the potential collapse of the economic system and are scrambling to find back-to-basics self survival gear and non-electric products. Others are looking for self defense because of the increasing crime and uncertain times we are living in, others are turning back to living off the earth to rid the potential of toxic chemicals and contaminants being found in the food supply chain, or are looking to go "Green" with energy savings and reducing their carbon foot print. Others are simply unemployed over extended periods are looking how to transform their back yards into a food producing and income producing ventures.
One thing is for sure-- old fashioned American made quality products built to last, that are used to produce homegrown and homemade items are becoming the "New in Thing" for the American family. Frugal back-to-basics living is no longer being viewed as being poor but a necessity of daily living.


Cottage Craft Works located at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com has assembled a full line of old time American made products still being made within the cottage based businesses and small shops from across the country. The majority of the products are Amish made and used daily in the Amish back-to-basics way of life, while other products have been found in the back roads and small towns of America from trades and craftsmanship passed down from generations. This is not "Fu Fu" stuff but real products used daily in the home, garden, farm, ranch, hunting and building construction for those seeking to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Corporate greed and planned obsolescence has never crossed these people's minds, in fact it's quite the contrary, as they have built their business and livelihoods on providing quality products to their closest neighbors and small communities.


During the Y2K scare people overwhelmed the Amish communities for non-electric back-to-basic items, in fear that the country would be without electricity or an infrastructure. This level of uncertainty is beginning to climax again for those same back-to-basic products. It is not being hyped on the front pages of newspapers as a single issue like it was back then, but the demand to find these products is increasing just as much now.


Across America people in some form have assembled emergency supply kits to survive several days without electricity or infrastructure if no more than to survive from earthquake, storm, or other natural or man made disaster, others are making the move to total off- the- grid in-dependency.


Cottage Craft Works offers over 200 books on self-sufficient living topics. From building solar/wind efficient housing, raising livestock, organic gardening, to homemade products and cooking from scratch recipes you will find a book on every topic of self-sufficient living, including making an income from self-sufficient products.


Under the Cooking and Food Processing tab you will find hand crank cooking gadgets, high quality Stainless Steel and cast iron cookware, as well as equipment to process dairy, maple syrup, apple cider and make your own wines. Cottage Craft Works is a dealer for the commercial grade hand crank mixer formally known as the TROYCRAFT MIXER, the GrainMaker® grain mill and carries the hand crank Master Kuts Food Processor.


Under the Home Goods Tab you will find Amish furniture, pet items, sewing machine cabinets, including a complete treadle sewing machine, vintage toys and board games, handmade baskets, Amish quilts, butane and gasoline clothes irons, laundry tubs, laundry drying racks, and portable clothes lines. Click on the oil lamps to see the old fashioned indoor and outdoor oil lamps, or discover gas powered lighting. Need a repair part for an older Coleman lantern; you will find them in this section.


Looking for personal needs, or spiritual items click on the Faith | Family | Hope | Tab to find items for health and wellness, spiritual and Christian based child development. You can even subscribe to the popular Keepers at Home Magazine under this section. Scan proof wallets are also available.


Under the Farm and Garden tab you will find items for the horse and tack including horse drawn buggies wagons, and carts as well as tools equipment and books on raising livestock, farming, and gardening, including going "All Organic." Under this tab you will find a complete lineup of orchard and vineyard equipment, including all types of apple and wine complete presses or the hardware kits to build your own press. Find chicken coops, chicken nesting boxes, beekeeping equipment and purple martin housing under the birds and bees tab in the Farm and Garden section.


If you need long lasting patio furniture you will find poly plastic recycled furniture under the patio tab along with Amish Wind Chimes. The Poly lumber is UV and rot resistant assembled with Stainless Steel screws and hardware. The furniture is ideal for coastal areas subject to saltwater spray. The 401 Freezeless Water Hydrant is also made of Stainless Steel ideal for coastal areas as well. Cottage Craft Works carries a small Amish made manure spreader and will be adding other small hobby farm implements. Small Express wagons are also located under the Farm and Garden tab.


Entering the Hunting and Outdoors Sports tab is like walking into a full line sporting goods store, except the quality and the craftsmanship of the items will rival anything on the market. The hand carved gun stocks were featured in the March 2011 issue of Outdoor Life magazine. The hand tooling detail on the custom leather products from the holsters, ammo belts to the gear belts are all top notch heirloom quality. High end game and hunting calls perform as well as they look but the prices are as reasonable as the big gigantic sports and hunting stores. This the type of gear that made legendary hunters, hunting gear that will pass from generation to generation. Cottage Craft Works strives to bring unique items that just can't be found elsewhere. They carry a 4-in-1 combo turkey call that has all the turkey locator calls built into one handsome handcrafted unit. American made briar proof coats, vest, bibs, and chaps are also available in this section along with gun accessories, blinds, and outdoor sports items. This is where you can still purchase the red metal and wood snow sled, croquet set, and an easy up volley ball set. This is the section where you can find two sizes of a very handy all aluminum bicycle cargo trailer. It is a light weight trailer that easily attaches to any bicycle without using an additional hitch. You can carry groceries and supplies, camping gear, or use it at work to transport gear around large factories. The cart is ideal for island living or where traditional automobile traffic is limited. Bike mounted police and emergency workers can also use it to carry gear and emergency equipment in and around crowded events. Best of all with its convenient handle you can roll it around the yard as a yard cart.


Under the building Products tab you will find the Natures Head a self contained composting toilet. It uses no running water or sewer plumbing. It is odorless and even approved by the US Coast Guard for on board toilet facilities. You will find complete restoration services, for duplicated spindles and house trim, as well as cupolas and copper weathervanes. Solar and wind power kits will be added to this section in the near future. 


Cottage Craft Works provides a source for the old time American made quality products that were used and cherished for generations, which are still being manufactured today. Products to help you and your family live a more wholesome self-sufficient life style in today's very uncertain times. Looking through the Cottage Craft Works online is store is just like picking up an early 1900s Sears and Roebuck Co. Catalog and spending hours making your wish list! Products are full of nostalgia and memories, products you grew up with but never dreamed would still be available for purchase in today's crazy fast moving high tech and dependent vulnerable world. So take a deep breath, slow down a bit and enjoy the country life with us at Cottage Craft Works .com.