I've got my garden on the brain so I thought I might share some of the stuff I do to get ready for planting season and also do throughout the season to keep costs in check and reuse what I have. There are actually many things around the house that can be used to get seedlings started and it makes use of garbage you have around the house, effectively recycling things to give them another use. First off...to start seedlings you need some little pots. There is no need to buy them...you may … [Read more...]
Friday Wrap Up – Your "But" May Be To Big
Have a great weekend everyone! I leave you with a few cool links to check out over the weekend. Ever wonder why you have so many excuses about going green, eating healthier, spending more time doing what you love, etc (take your pick). MMND might be on to something. Your BUT could be too big. It is a hilarious post...go check it out. I saw a newspaper article recently about a guy that decided to save all his trash for a year to show how much accumulates and show that there really is no … [Read more...]
Processed Food is Bad For Your Skin
There has been a lot of talk lately about the problems associated with processed food. We're now being told that eating whole, unprocessed and even raw foods can help us be healthier, happier, and live longer, but can unprocessed foods make us look better? Well it all stems back to that old saying...you are what you eat. If you eat processed garbage what does that mean for your skin? Scary thought! While there are many steps to take if you want to look younger, the most important is to work … [Read more...]
Zero Waste
WHAT DOES ZERO WASTE REALLY MEAN? By Paul Palmer - paulp@sonic.net [Paul Palmer is the author of Getting to Zero Waste (Sebastopol, Calif.: Purple Sky Press, 2004; ISBN 0-976057-0-7). A verse in a well-known blues runs: Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. In a similar way, (almost) everyone wants to get rid of garbage but (almost) nobody wants to adopt zero waste thinking. Zero Waste is an idea that is spreading from one city to another, from one county to … [Read more...]
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