1 day ago ... During the warmer months, strolling through the farmer's market is an appealing way to spend an afternoon but don't forget that a variety of ...
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Remember the days before digital cameras when all you had were good ol' film canisters? (I'm pretty sure I still have 4-5 of these undeveloped rolls hiding in a box somewhere.) If you happen to have some around, you could repurpose them by turning them into USB drives, like Photojojo!...
TIPS FOR COOL SEASON VEGETABLE GARDENING • 1 Where to grow - Choose the warmest location that will receive the most light. This is likely the south side of your home or garage. The added benefit is that your vegetables will receive protection by being planted next to a building. • 2 T...
New Greener Family has put together a great guide to eating inexpensively in a sustainable way: As the cost of food continues to rise, many people find themselves needing to choose more carefully what they will buy. Buying organic foods is often the choice that we want to make, yet th...
MIDDLE ROW •6 10 Things You Can Do To Start Living Greener •7 10 Easy Ways To Conserve Water •8 12 Tips to Save Money By Cutting Waste •9 10 Tips To Manage Rubbish Without Plastic Bags •10 Prevent Food Waste and Save Money BOTTOM ROW •11 Attention List Lovers: Essential Checklists For...
As we noted earlier this month in our Slow Home Manifesto , a slow home "doesn't have to be fancy. It doesn't have to be expensive. It just has to be easy to live in." And what's one of the tenets that make a home easy to live in? Organization! Here are 20 of our best posts on how to ...
Gardening enables us to grow our own food, yes, but it can also simply add beauty to our homes. Here are a few favorite posts from 2011 on innovative and/or small space gardening techniques and inspiration, including a few favorite spaces from our Small, Cool Outdoors contest:
It's amazing the difference in energy consumption one person can make by changing a couple of things in the home, or by changing a couple of ways of doing things. It's so simple, but multiply that one person by the hundreds that live in your neighborhood, and the energy difference wou...
Frazier and Wing mobiles come in a variety of colors, textures and shapes. Most frequently, they are made simply with fishing line and paper cut outs, but occasionally found objects (such as graceful branches) and recycled elements also find their way into the work. One commissioned m...
