Clean out your Junk Drawer and Recycle Your Electronics
Declutter your house by recycling electronics and find some potential cash or donation opportunity Are you trying to be more eco-friendly but struggle with finding where to recycle your electronics? This is the place to learn what companies offer free recycling programs and where you can even earn some cash for trading in your old phone! Points covered in this reading: Take the declutter challenge and start with your junk drawer How to find places recycling electronics near me Batteries TV and laptops Copiers and printers Old phones How to earn some cash recycling your phone Believe it or not but recycling is something you can do for free, and…
10 Energy Saving Tips Anyone Can Do!
How to save on your energy bill for the winter and summer months! Remember when getting mail was fun? Bills didn’t make you wanna leave the mailbox contents, and slowly walk away. Hoping the scary energy bill wouldn’t notice your acknowledgement? Yeah, me too. Getting the mail as a child was such an adventure, you never knew what surprises would be waiting in the ole tin box. Fast forward to adulthood where mortgages, vehicle payments and never ending utility bills seem to be hiding their usage until the most inconvenient time, only to pop in with a lovely “HERE I AM” bill amount. I find myself searching frantically once that…
How to Make Sourdough Starter Without Yeast
Sourdough starter using grapes is a fantastic way to make homemade bread WITHOUT yeast! In this step-by-step guide you will learn the basics to making sourdough starter. Making yeast breads with little-to-no yeast, but big flavors, is a great example of what sustainable living is all about. I love bread! I really do. It’s soft and fluffy. I must say if I could pick my last meal on earth, it would be homemade bread hot out of the oven. Bonus of it has homemade strawberry jam. Bread just warms the soul. Homemade bread is happiness. When I started making my own bread I found the world of sourdough. Not the…
Easy Vegetable Seeds for Container Gardens
Container gardening is a great option for planting seeds that take up less space, grow faster and are easy to companion plant. How to plant vegetable seeds for a container garden is for the most part the same as in-ground methods. Start with Easy Vegetable Seeds for Container Gardens Below we will explore a few added benefits and drawbacks. Article points overview: Which seeds grow fast Planting seeds in pots What vegetables grow well together in containers Which vegetables grow well in pots Easy vegetables plants to grow in pots What is the easiest vegetable to grow Container gardening offers the ability to harvest fresh vegetables even if space is…
Everything You Need to Know About How to Plant Seeds
What you need to know on how to plant seeds for the best germination rates! Healthy plants begin at the planting stage, which is why proper planting is so important. Learning how to plant seeds can also be a fun process to watch new life start, knowing one day the seeds will produce food for you! Gardening really is an amazing reminder of how beautiful the outdoors can be! Topics covered in this article: How to plant seeds Indoor- grow lights and hardening seedlings off How to plant seeds Outdoor – seed tape, tunnels, and greenhouse Why proper planting is important- healthy plants start at germination How to plant seeds…
How to Make Beeswax Wraps for the Sustainable Kitchen
Try these do-it-yourself beeswax wraps for a replacement plastic wrap and start switching to a sustainable kitchen! DIY your own beeswax wraps for a plastic wrap replacement! You know how annoying it is when the you put leftovers away but the plastic wrap falls off? And forget about stacking anything on top of the pan covered with plastic wrap. It’s just a recipe for disaster and a HUGE mess in the refrigerator to clean up. Well, it doesn’t have to be!! I recently discovered beeswax wraps and they are the best alternative to replace plastic wrap. If you are new to this growing trend, beeswax wraps are cotton fabric that…
How to Store Fruit and Vegetables to Maintain Freshness
Storing fruit and Vegetables So much produce gets thrown out needlessly because it went bad before having the opportunity to be used. Becoming aware of some do’s and don’ts when it comes to how to store fruit and vegetables will help extend shelf life, without losing flavor. Creating habits can be hard, but once you instill proper sorting and storing, you are well on your way to practicing a sustainable living lifestyle. Location matters when storing fruits and vegetables Each home has their own system for storing fruit and vegetables, whether you are aware of the system or not. A few tweaks to how you would normally store fruit and…
12 Ways to Recycle and Reuse Fabric Scraps
If you are a crafter that seems to hold on to every piece of fabric scraps in the name of “someday this will be reused”, well count me in! I have more than one container, shelf or bag full of remnants! Fabric Scrap projects for under 1 yard of remnants But do you struggle with actually doing the projects? I know I do! Well in an effort to declutter I decided to look for ways to reuse these golden scraps of memories (cue the old t-shirts, kids favorite clothes, sweaters, etc..) into any areas around the house that need some organizing. When I first started looking, I found several ways…
How to Improve Soil for any Garden Type
Each season garden soil will need to be refilled with nutrients after the season’s depletion of in ground, raised beds or container gardens. The process of improving soil is not as complicated as most think. Follow the tips mentioned below and you will be on the path to a productive season! So there you are outside in the sunshine and finally starting your spring garden after the winter months that never seemed to end, only to find that your soil is not up to par…again. Between last season’s crop depleting the soil of the precious nutrients, the season can feel off to a rough start before even getting started! Well…
Free Christmas Printables
Menu planner, shopping list and tags to download and print! Tis the season for Christmas gift wrapping, decorating and giving so here are some FREE printables to keep you merry and right on budget! With so things to remember to buy it’s to forget one or two things, or need to snip the budget in a few places. I wanted to help take some of the pressure off with these printable that could easily be framed and gifted. Just click on the link below to download. PDF will load via Google Docs ready for download and print on cardstock! Christmas tags Below are some downloads to print off on cardstock…
