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Moving Cross Country the Green Way
I recently moved across the country from Chicago down south to Texas. After living in Chicago for 8 years, I had built myself a nice set of furniture, books, and other “stuff”. Some of it could be cheaply and easily replaced, others were just unfeasible. So I had a dilemma: how do you move an [...]
What to do With Empty Wine Bottles?
Surfing the net today, I came across an interesting article entitled “Reuse Those Empty Wine Bottles: Five Ways” The ideas ranged from creating a wine bottle soap dispenser to making a wine bottle light (wall sconce, hanging light or lamp). I’ve got to say, they were pretty interesting, even if some of them weren’t’ very [...]
Vodka as an Air Freshener?
I was looking around the internet for a recipe for natural air fresheners. Let’s face it; we all have those occasions where we would like to clear the air, if you get my drift. Rather than using the grocery store aerosol sprays, I would prefer something a bit more natural. Sometimes potpourri doesn’t cut it. [...]
Homemade Solar Oven
I came across an article today on How to Make a Homemade Solar Oven. It got me to thinking. That would be a nice project to keep the kids busy. Not only that, it’s a great lesson on how to utilize reusable energy (not to mention that if it works, it’s a great toy).
Laundry Water Usage – Update
After not washing clothes since July 21st , I did 5 loads of laundry yesterday (July 24th). Already I’m up to 9 loads of wash this week (my goodness, will I ever reduce it to 6 loads per week?). I packed the washing machine to the gills to ensure that I wasn’t being wasteful. I [...]
How many loads of laundry do you do in a week?
After my last post on one year of using homemade laundry detergent, I was lambasted for the amount of water I use for washing clothes. Mark found my water usage “repulsive,” while Dee Dee couldn’t figure out, ” what are you washing so much of?” As I’ve said over and over again, living green is [...]
Home Made Laundry Detergent One Year Later
It’s been a little over a year that I’ve been using homemade laundry detergent. I’ve got to say that overall I found it to be a positive experiment. There are a few tweaks here and there and a little bit of intervention required but all in all I will continue to use the homemade laundry [...]
Getting rid of Japanese Beetles, Naturally
Okay, this is more of a request than a post. Does anyone know of natural ways to get rid of Japanese beetles? This request is for a friend of mine whose plants are being eaten by the annoying insects. My plants, for some reason have not been affected. Maybe it’s because they don’t like the [...]
Appreciate the Environment by Camping
When I first created this blog, I envisioned myself driving around the country in an RV, writing posts from different locations and sharing the RV and green living experience. Camping and RVing are great ways to regain the proper perspective of and respect for our environment. Let’s face it, when you’re on a camping trip, [...]
Natural Deer Repellent
I love nature just as much as the next person but there are a few things that really work my nerves. The insatiable hosta munching deer is one of them, second only to flower box and yard destroying squirrel. Hair to Repel Deer There are several ways to deter deer from eating your plants (they [...]
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