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Hi, Folks!

To cure athlete's foot once you have it: Swabbing the affected area with 
tea tree oil *works*.  If you're feeling cheap, you can use diluted 
vinegar, but it will sting a bit. It will also take longer to go away than 
with the tea tree oil.

Footwear:  I use the "Sloggers" clogs which can now be found in almost any 
hardware or garden store for under $20.  I wear them every day until we 
have snow on the ground and they are comfortable, easy to clean and don't 
crack, like the original European ones did.  They are now popular enough 
that you can get any color -- in the beginning, they made only one color of 
each shoe size.

Pants:  I've actually found the best work pants are (gasp!) 100% 
polyester-with-elastic-waistband pants from the thrift store that no one 
would actually be caught dead wearing on the street.  I've had to replace 
jeans about every 8 months because the knees (and knee patches!) wore out 
so bad.  The polyester ones resist dirt, wash easily, dry in a flash on the 
clothes line, have no zippers or buttons to catch on things or wear out and 
the knees never wear out!  The cloth pills a bit and threads pull out when 
you go through thorns, but the cloth doesn't rip.  My last pair lasted TWO 
YEARS, looked horrible at the end of it, but they're work pants, so who cares?



Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden

A mission of
St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA  19460