I wanted to share the pictures from our weekend project (finally!). Remember I told you how we made our very own compost bin, well here it is! All it took was a 36" X 5' roll of chicken wire and a little wire to tie it together. We just … [Read more...]
We've done it...we've got the stuff to make our garden in the backyard so I don't have to buy veggies at the grocery store this summer. About 3 weeks ago my son and I planted our seeds in the seed cups and they have sprouted and are in need of some … [Read more...]
I found a list of children's books in my latest issue of Cookie magazine and there were two books that were recommended about the environment. Since my son loves the library so much we stopped by last night to see if they had them. Of course we … [Read more...]
I know I've talked about the carbon footprint of the cheeseburger before but I wanted to share this video. It's really interesting to see all of the different carbon sources just from one of the items we eat on a regular basis. I still haven't … [Read more...]
I found this yesterday and was so excited that I shared it with my sons pre-K director this morning. Elmer's and Wal-Mart have teamed up to encourage recycling of empty glue and glue stick containers. I've never even considered how many of these … [Read more...]
So this is going to be a strange post for an eco-girl like myself...but I love, love, love auto racing...Nascar in particular but I was raised an Indy fan. So I how do these two worlds relate? Most people automatically think that racing is … [Read more...]
We did it! We made time to make our Valentine's butterflies. We started with an empty toilet paper roll and wrapped it with pink paper (you could use scrap paper, envelopes, whatever you have around). Next we cut out several hearts … [Read more...]
Good afternoon eco-friends! Once again the quantity of regular work has me overwhelmed and unable to give you a Trashy Thursday post. I had a great idea for today but I never got around to making it to show you. It was a special Valentine's Day … [Read more...]
This afternoon I'm going to spend with my son doing some green things. We made a trip to the local garden center today to get some seeds and we're going to plant a small window box garden with some of our favorite veggies and herbs. We already … [Read more...]
Did I actually fail myself? We went out last night with the intention of getting rid of by old car. It barely made it to the dealership without stalling on me again. I even had to stop on the side of the road and turn it off to let it rest. … [Read more...]
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