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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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Chopping wood is time-honored tradition on many homesteads. You’d think there would be more complaining about the intense work involved. But if you ask seasoned wood choppers, most will shrug, and smile a little as they admit, “I like to chop wood.”
Take a few [...]
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USA Today reported an interesting development last week. According to an article in the Online version:
“Green” seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings. So why not the outdoors?
As of Thursday, even open-air spaces — from parks and parking lots to corporate and college campuses — will have their [...]
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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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“Help! I planted way too much zucchini and it’s coming out our ears! I don’t just need tips – I need zucchini solutions!”
Can you relate?
Many gardeners have a love-hate relationship with this prolific summer squash.
On the one hand, who can resist a plant that rewards so little effort with so much bounty?
On the [...]
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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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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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Where were you for Earth Hour? I confess that I don’t remember. I was comfortably living my life while the skylines went dark all over 88 countries and over 4,000 cities worldwide on March 28, 2009. Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, where the incandescent light bulb was invented, went dark. Most of us in the U.S. pretty much went on about our lives.
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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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