Posted in DIY, Environment, Freebies, Green Living, Home, Saving, carbon, crafts, fair trade, recycling, thrift, water, tagged baking soda shaker, braless barbie, chopsticks, contact lens case, recycle, reuse, soap holder on July 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In the process of trying to reduce our garbage, I’ve come across several items that I needed and wanted to not buy — and conversely, several items I hated to throw away but couldn’t easily recycle. By reusing these items, necessity meets utility.
Quite some time ago, when I started cleaning everything with baking soda instead [...]
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Posted in Environment, Home, Saving, energy, recycling, spinning, thrift, utilities, tagged cars, fuel efficiency, bra-powered ipods, ceiling fans, craigslist on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Get Rich Slowly this week posted a terrific tip to subscribe to a search on Craigslist. Mwah ha ha, when the right Kromski Prelude spinning wheel comes along, I will be all over it!
It is ceiling fan season — and The Simple Dollar posted a simple list of ways to get your ceiling fan to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged twitter on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a quick note - I have finally succumbed to the Twitter-buzz and signed up on Twitter.
If you’re on Twitter too and you’re interested in following or being followed, let me know!
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Posted in Environment, Fun, Garden, Green Living, crafts, tagged crunchy chicken, solar, urine, theramin, picnic, party on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
GreenPa wants to start a tradition of a “whole planet picnic” - a waste-free free-for-all on the solstice. That would be today … or more loosely, this weekend. So if you don’t have plans, get those phones ringing! I wish I were on top of this this year … maybe next year.
Don’t forget, Saturday is [...]
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Posted in DIY, Fun, Garden, Green Living, recycling, waste, tagged waste, recycling, compost, nitrogen, crunchy chicken, urine, pee, fertilizer on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Crunchy Chicken’s latest brainstorm is a garden potty party on June 21. And that’s not a pitcher of lemonade in the graphic.
Nope. It’s urine.
The good news: You don’t have to drink it!
(Although, supposedly, you could. Which reminds me of the time when I shared an apartment with L’An, about 15 years ago, and we read [...]
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Posted in Children, Deals, Saving, Shopping, money, tagged Deals, savings, bank, ipod, shuffle, amex, american express cash, upromise, college on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We haven’t had a deal of the week in a long time! But there are a few deals out there too good to pass up.
It’s spring clearance season. If you need winter items (stock up for next year!) check out these great bargain sites: Land’s End, LL Bean, Campmor and Sierra Trading Post. You can [...]
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Posted in Eating, Garden, Green Living, food, tagged beef, bulk buying, csa, farmer's market, groceries, local produce, vegetables on June 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
June is exciting in these parts. It’s time for the farmer’s markets, CSAs and the like to swing into action.
Last year, we only went to one farmer’s market and I was not impressed. In the spring the tables were full … of goods brought in from other, warmer states. I wanted local produce, and there [...]
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OK … I only got two questions (multipart ones, though) — and one more if I count L’an’s potato question.
Anyone else? Anyone? Anyone?
Randomness is fine. As random as this photo of our first roses from the front yard (in a vase made by Mr. L’an) — and preferably more random than that.
I will post answers [...]
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Sorry everyone … this was supposed to automatically publish on Friday, but I was out of town and I see that it didn’t! Catching up today …
Food prices are going up, and Liz Pulliam Weston wrote about how to save – including not buying (pricier) brown eggs based on the (false) premise that they are [...]
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Posted in Eating, Environment, Green Living, Home, food, tagged chickens, eggs, farmers creamery, milk, organic, organic valley, rating, whole foods on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I came across this very interesting ranking of organic milk brands (via Mother Earth News’ newsletter).
I was very pleased to see that my favorite brand (Organic Valley) got a 4-cow rating (you can click on the brands to get a detailed overview of each company). I like the milk, and the company’s co-op structure [...]
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