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we recently did some renovation in our backyard. we've always been weekend gardeners planting tomatoes and peppers and other veggies in ...

as summer melts into autumn, it's time for change. i start putting away my tank tops and sandals and thinking of corduroys and cardigans...

Consumption is a tricky issue when it comes to living green.  The greenest option is really, not to do or buy anything.  But our economy is ...

I often fantasize about giving up the city life with all its conveniences and moving to the country to live off the land. I will have a thri...

Being a professional environmentalist as my day job, I always figured that when our baby came along, I'd just naturally be the greenest ...

Ok, so it's been a while hasn't it? The world has gotten crazy, then awesome, then crazy. Honestly it is my goal in life to dial the...

cloth v. disposable - the discussion goes on... I never thought I'd engage in so much talk about diapers. Back when I was single and w...

a little over a year ago, and after much consideration and research, we brought home three young chicks and started on a new journey as back...

Photo of her allotment garden graciously provided by Kim. Click the photo to see more of her garden photos on Flickr. Within the first 25 pa...

I had a baby in January. Before she arrived I had been thinking about what my choices were when it came to diapers. I couldn't help but ...

I had always wanted to give up paper towels, but found convenient reasons to keep on buying them. My cloth dish towel collection was accumu...

at first, spinning yarn may seem like an esoteric art. even as a knitter and crocheter, i can't say that i gravitated towards learning h...