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Going Green

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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Home-Made Green Products For Cleaning

by Andy Greene on May 28, 2009

It is easy to keep your homes spic and span these days thanks to loads of chemical-based products that can easily clean up any mess in your household. These substances are not expensive but the cost of using them can be high health-wise not only for you but for the entire family. It can also [...]

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Green Homes – An Educational Video

by Andy Greene on May 15, 2009

Green homes are gentle on the environment and save energy for the home owner. This video gives a great introduction to green homes and green building practices.

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Green Cleaning with White Vinegar

by Andy Greene on May 13, 2009

Everyone with a mother probably knows that club soda lifts out stains. But that’s where many people’s knowledge of green house cleaning methods ends. Truth is, there’s a bevy of all-natural, non-toxic ways to clean most everything in your home (and yard and garden, for that matter). Here we’ll examine just one other of those [...]

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Green building is when you build with environmentally sustainable building materials and practices. Green building materials include rapidly renewable plant materials such as bamboo and straw, lumber from forests certified to be sustainably managed, recycled metal, ecology blocks, dimension stone, recycled stone, and other products that are reusable, non-toxic, renewable, and/or recyclable.
Other materials often considered  [...]

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The morning sunshine warmed the skins of the plump Greening apples I was peeling, releasing a sweet juicy odor that made my mouth water. Careful not to disturb the yellowjackets drawn to the scene by the promise of a fruity feast, I filled the black enamel pot with golden slices, sprinkled them with cinnamon and [...]

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