3.5kviews Here are just some of the reasons why you might want to build your own greenhouse. 1) You love fresh food. 2) You enjoy beautiful flowers and gorgeous plants. 3) You think gardening is fun, relaxing, and good exercise. 4) You wish your gardening season was longer. 5) You want to save money on seedlings, […]
Mold and mildew stink – literally. If you’ve ever walked into a mildewed room, you recognized the musty smell at once. Mold gives a lot of visual clues – it’s generally black or grey, and may be splotchy if it’s embedded in tile grout. It can form a sort of grimy mat on your ceiling […]
Are you plagued by fruit flies? I’ve had swarms of them in my kitchen this summer – and they were everywhere, hovering over the fruit bowl, perched on the edge of the kitchen sink, flying by when I was cooking at the stove. They’re not only tiny, but so fast, I could never seem […]
5.1kviews This recipe for your own homemade organic tomato sauce is for you if you: love the taste of vine-ripened locally grown tomatoes; worry about “store bought” tomatoes containing too much high fructose corn syrup, cane sugar, salt or other additives; want to avoid canned tomatoes or tomato sauce because the can linings might contain BPA; […]
It’s the beginning of a new school year, which means that kids are bringing home school supplies lists a yard long and parents are throwing up their hands and saying, “What? Do I really need to buy THAT?” Yes — and no! With school budgets shrinking, parents are becoming the go-to source for pretty much […]
377viewsAre your kids being asked to bring hand sanitizer with them when they go back to school? Look for triclosan-free hand sanitizer when you shop. It’s better for you as well as your kids. 5 Ways Triclosan is Wrong Triclosan is a chemical compound that is added to many consumer products, especially hand sanitizer. It […]
One of the simplest and most affordable ways we can improve our health is by changing what we eat and drink. No wonder HBF, an Australia-based health insurance company, has created the HBF Living Well health hub. In addition to offering lots of helpful suggestions for general health and exercise, the hub includes recipes using […]
1.6kviewsTraveling to meetings and conferences takes its toll on the environment in many ways. • Flying or driving and staying in hotels uses lots of energy, which inevitably generates carbon dioxide that contributes to climate change plus air pollutants that lead to smog. • In-person meetings are often littered with excessive paper documents, plastic bottles […]
