Spring is Calling and So is My Square Foot Garden

Mel Bartholomew Square Foot Gardening

I was just perusing Amazon’s special offers this morning (if you’ve ever bought anything on Amazon you’ll know those offers spring up like a spring dandelion patch) most dealing with a timely nudge to be green for Earth Day when my attention was grabbed by the roots by the number one selling book on Amazon – All New Square Foot …

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How to Green Your Car with a Re-Useable K&N Air Filter

performance air filter

Celebrate Earth Day with a K&N Re-Useable Air Filter – an easy way to Green Your Car. With Earth Day roaring into town every year in April in case you don’t really pay attention to such things, stores everywhere are gearing up to take advantage of you, err I mean to cash in on your devotion to being green, or …

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Can You Dehydrate Green Smoothies? You Betcha!

dehydrate green smoothie

Someone asked me the other day “can you dehydrate green smoothies?” It got me thinking and the answer is of course you can. The easiest way to dehydrate green smoothies is to calculate the coefficient of friction by dividing the volume of smoothie in Liters by the Square Root of Pi… well ok it might be even easier than that …

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This Post Stinks, But Not as Bad as Beijing’s Landfill Problem

Environmental news flash: The solution to stinking landfills is under your arms. As you might imagine in a city with a population of 17 million people who are developing bad Western fast food habits the issue of “where do I put my burger bag” is a problem. If it were just a burger bag a piece it may not be …

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Egg Dyeing Tips and Recipes Using Natural Plant Dyes

using natural plant dyes for easter eggs

Are you looking for more natural egg dyeing tips or recipes this Easter? Just look in your back yard or even refrigerator! Natural plant dyes made from roots, nuts, flowers and berries have been used for ages before we had the unfriendly red dye number whatever. Plus it is much more fun to experiment with a handful of red cabbage …

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My Raspberry Pink Jambu Shoe Love Affair

jambu raspberry sandals

I now believe in love at first sight. While walking through Nordstroms I spied the shoes of my dreams – Jambu Planet Vegan shoes? Sounds like a delectably delightful ice-cream flavor. Only these delightful Jambu Mary Janes were a treat for my feet. My feet stopped unable to leave the mall. They had to know how they’d fit – these …

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My iPhone Just Got Greener – the Kindle for iPhone App

There have been plenty of articles and blog posts on the eco-friendly Amazon Kindle – the jury is still out I suppose on whether or not the Kindle is as eco-friendly as they claim, but one thing that can’t be disputed is that ebook readers are here to stay. For those who buy a lot of books it would certainly …

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