Post Archives from the ‘Green Tips’ Category



The Magic of Baking Soda

Posted on: August 18th, 2011 by
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I ran out of Comet. For as long as I can remember that's all I've ever used to clean the bathroom and kitchen sink. It always left things so sparkling and fresh.

Instead of buying more I decided to give baking soda a try. I had heard it makes a good cleaner and it works pretty well on my hair so I decided to Continue reading the story "The Magic of Baking Soda"

New Face Care Routine

Posted on: July 21st, 2011 by
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I'm one of those poor souls that has to put up with both acne AND wrinkles. I swear, once I turned 30 my skin decided to get back at me for all the years that it was rather normal. So I went through all of the different brands. I think ProActive was the only one I didn't use. I ended on Philosophy. Their basic products Continue reading the story "New Face Care Routine"

Monday’s Guests – Compost Tea

Posted on: July 4th, 2011 by
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Brad from Highly Uncivilized has a fantastic post about making compost tea that he wants to share with us. We haven't really gotten into making compost tea here because we use our animals as composters, but for those that do make regular compost sans animals this is a fanastic way to increase your soil fertility.

Compost Tea 
Improve your Soil Health One Cup Continue reading the story "Monday’s Guests – Compost Tea"

Reader Questions – Baking Soda and Vinegar vs. Greywater

Posted on: June 23rd, 2011 by
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Once a month I'll be answering your questions! Ask them in an email (if you want to be anonymous just say so) or just leave a comment - I'll find them and answer them the best I can.

So here is one I found in our comments that I haven't had a chance to answer...until now.

From Pamina:
...we are trying to Continue reading the story "Reader Questions – Baking Soda and Vinegar vs. Greywater"

Monday’s Guests – D-I-Y vs B-U-Y Dishwashing Detergent

Posted on: June 20th, 2011 by
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This week's post comes from Erica at Northwest Edible. I'm super excited that she agreed to do a guest post for us as I love all of her posts. She discusses the tough stuff about urban homesteading.

Eliminating Chemicals From Your Hair

Posted on: June 16th, 2011 by
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Almost 9 months ago I decided it was time to make a change to my hair care routine. My hair is fine and had a tendency to frizz. It couldn't make up it's mind whether it wanted to be straight or curly. I would wash it, use conditioner and then add product before blow drying it. Split ends were normalcy.

I started reading more Continue reading the story "Eliminating Chemicals From Your Hair"