Remember how we spent last year organizing our home and sorting through all of our closets and cupboards? We haven't gone back to our old ways but it has been hard passing up free piles of junk on the street corner or estate sale treasurers. The house does have more breathing room and fewer piles… Continue reading Home Organization Tips with List of Weekly Projects
Category: home + garden
DIY projects for the home and in the garden. Projects that reuse items are my favorite!
Green Living Tip 27 {Eat Whole and Real Foods}
Today's green living tip: eat whole and real foods - unprocessed - and it will be good for you and good for the environment. Mother Nature's packaging is the best! Most whole foods - vegetables, fruit, fish, etc. - don't come with a bunch of packaging that needs to be disposed of. Fresh fruit and… Continue reading Green Living Tip 27 {Eat Whole and Real Foods}
Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Today's green living tip: clean with baking soda. Baking soda can be used for everyday household cleaning and in the laundry. It can replace numerous harsher, chemical filled products and has much less packaging. It also costs a lot less! Clean dirty dishes, ceramic cook tops, and sinks - in all the places you would… Continue reading Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Green Living Tip 25 {ReUse for Home Renovations}
Today's green living tip: reuse items for home renovations. Why buy new cabinets, doors, or doorknobs when there are plenty of those items around for use? Using old items, in place of new, adds character to a home - even if the home is new or parts of it are. Our mailbox used to be… Continue reading Green Living Tip 25 {ReUse for Home Renovations}
Green Living Tip 22 {Begin Composting}
Today's green living tip: begin composting. Start today with putting nutrients back into the soil. Nothing is easier than keeping food scraps from going down the drain or into the landfill - and putting them in the ground. Keep fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, and so much more - from… Continue reading Green Living Tip 22 {Begin Composting}
Green Living Tip 20 {Save Seeds from Garden}
Today's green living tip: save seeds from the end of the current garden season to plant in next year's garden. You can enjoy this year's produce and still have vegetables for the future. Arugula is the easiest seed to save - and it's also very easy to grow. (Here are three easy herbs to grow.)… Continue reading Green Living Tip 20 {Save Seeds from Garden}
Green Living Tip 15 {Plant Edibles with Flowers}
Today's green living tip: plant edibles in with your flowers - even if you only have flower pots. There's not much room needed for growing vegetables and flower pots need a little greenery, don't they? Add arugula, lettuce or an herb. Your flowers will be happy with an added spot of color and you'll be… Continue reading Green Living Tip 15 {Plant Edibles with Flowers}
Green Living Tip 11 {Make Cleaning Supplies}
Today's green living tip: make your own cleaning supplies. This one may seem radical - well, I used to think it was radical - or that the only people who made their own cleaning supplies were radical or perhaps hippies. Now, I'm one of those people and loving it! Over the last 30-years or so… Continue reading Green Living Tip 11 {Make Cleaning Supplies}
Green Living Tip 7 {Start a Vegetable Garden}
Today's green living tip: start a vegetable garden. It's easy and fun, too. Start a small vegetable or herb garden and grow your own tomatoes, basil or thyme. Even if you've never gardened before or grown your vegetables, summer is the time to start and nothing tastes better than freshly picked tomatoes that you've grown… Continue reading Green Living Tip 7 {Start a Vegetable Garden}
Green Living Tip 6 {Install Awnings}
Today's green living tip: install awnings on the outside of your windows to keep the sun from heating up the inside of your home. Awnings probably aren't the first thought that comes to mind when considering how to keep a house cooler. Awnings also require work to make and install yourself (here's how we made… Continue reading Green Living Tip 6 {Install Awnings}
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