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What do you do with your favorite clothes when they get too ratty to pass down? You know the ones – the sweatshirt with the dingy cuffs, the shirt with the ketchup stain on the front, the jeans with gaping holes where the knees used to be.
Sure, you can turn them into rags. [...]
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Caring for the environment doesn’t always cost money. Your concern for the environment can actually bring you cash. There are ways to earn money by going green without leaving your home.
Going green can refer to engaging in any activity that helps protect the environment. By engaging in green activities, you will not only be able [...]
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Forget ants. Yellow jackets are much more likely to ruin your picnic, especially in late summer when they’re most hungry for sugary food. Here’s a simple wasp trap you can make yourself that will take the sting out of the little buggers’ visits.
1. Get yourself a 2-liter plastic soda bottle. [...]
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Are you one of the masses of people who don’t reduce reuse and recycle because figuring it all out is just too discouraging. Which bin is for what? How do you know what’s recyclable and what’s not?
Does your city or town have a recycling program? Click here to search for recycling centers. If your locality [...]
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Nothing ruins a happy home, yard, and garden like uninvited guests – by which I mean destructive critters that thwart your efforts to build and maintain a household and home. Worse is that most of the pest-control “solutions” out on the market are toxic not only to the pests but to you and me and [...]
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Here are just three green ways to save you money at the grocery store:
Buy Generic
The store brand is still a brand, but it’s better than the name brand for more than just its price. Generic or “store brand” groceries usually have the same ingredients and are made the same way as their brand name counterparts. [...]
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A while back a company was making “Barnyard Tea” in actual tea bags. According to sites selling the stuff:
“A Canadian company has devised a method of drying organic manure, preserving the nutrients and removing all odors. Then they package it in standard tea bags. Being made from a blend of cow, chicken, pig and [...]
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The first building we put up on the piece of land that was to become our homestead was an 8 x 12’ garden shed. It’s a funny-looking garden shed because my husband Dan was feeling lazy. Rather than cutting the plywood sheathing, he built the shed tall enough so that he could just [...]
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Reduce Reuse Recycle – the saying goes. And there’s no better way to do all 3 than by creating and using your own compost. Here’s how we do it in our home.
Our compost has two stages: the kitchen compost and the garden/yard compost:
Kitchen Compost:
In the kitchen we have a small pail* with a sealed lid [...]
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You know the old saying – “You can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl.”
If you’re a country girl (or boy) at heart but find yourself doing time in the city, don’t despair. There are plenty of things you can do to make yourself feel [...]
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