Highly Recommended Candle Jar Supplier
September 15, 2010 – 2:48 pm | No Comment

Finally, you can order good quality glass candle jars with no minimum!  I’ve ordered from this website’s parent company, The Jar Store, for years, but my main complaint was always not being able to order …

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The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)
December 8, 2010 – 9:13 am | No Comment
The Best Tampon & Menstrual Pad Alternative (girls only!)

Even though I come from a very “green” family, all the women use the same old grocery store menstrual supplies – Tampax, etc.  This is one of those things that we just don’t talk about …

Eco-friendly packaging for a small bath bomb gift set
November 12, 2010 – 9:49 am | No Comment

The small size bath bomb is perfect for making fragrance mixing kits — for example, 3 blood orange, 3 ginger, 3 chocolate, 3 amber.  Customers can mix two or three in the same bath, creating …

Ebook: Secondhand Shabby
November 3, 2010 – 4:43 am | No Comment
Ebook: Secondhand Shabby

Make your own unique shabby chic pieces from thrifted & vintage furniture.
Quick quiz — do any of these describe you?

You have an instant attraction to distressed white paint on an old kitchen table “with character.”
You …

Urban Gardening: Stuff is growing, and I ate it.
May 4, 2010 – 4:40 pm | No Comment
Urban Gardening: Stuff is growing, and I ate it.

So, the day after I planted all the seeds, it rained. All the seeds got redistributed into clumps! But they came up, and in the last five days, things have really taken off. …

Vegetable Gardening Advice For Beginners
March 1, 2010 – 8:24 am | No Comment

Gardening has issues. There’s always something wrong — unless you’re in some kind of plant paradise, you’ve either got bad soil, no sun, no precipitation, locusts, bunnies, squirrels, aphids, or mysterious plant diseases.
Every time …

Why grow your own vegetables?
February 26, 2010 – 6:41 am | No Comment
Why grow your own vegetables?

If you live in the city and have gotten all your food from the grocery story your entire life, you may be wondering what the benefits are of growing your own vegetables. After all, …

How I’m growing organic vegetables in the city.
February 22, 2010 – 10:23 am | No Comment
How I’m growing organic vegetables in the city.

Since I’m a nerd, I don’t feel right about doing anything new unless I read a manual or take a class about it. I like the security of having an expert or good instructions …

How eco-friendly is making your own perfume?
November 13, 2009 – 3:30 pm | No Comment
How eco-friendly is making your own perfume?

It’s good to be concerned about the environmental impact of making your own scented products, including perfume.  How eco-friendly is it?  Are essential oils more eco-friendly than other ingredients?  I get these kinds of questions …