Green Living Tips for Rednecks
Posts tagged as:
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 [...]
{ 2 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
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.
{ 1 comment }
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 [...]
{ 3 comments }
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 [...]
{ 5 comments }
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 [...]
{ 0 comments }
Twitter / GreenRednecks
