I cleaned out my big stash of worn out kitchen towels. I cut them in quarters so I wouldn't put them back into regular kitchen towel rotation and use them for cleaning like paper towels. This work...
I know parents who do the same thing at McDonald's with a Playplace. They grab a cheap cup of coffee and chat at a table while they let their kids play on the giant Habitrail.
hilolp, have you tried vinegar straight up from the bottle and scrubbing it with an old toothbrush? A 5% vinegar solution kills bacteria and is generally what's in the bottle (check the label on yo...
When I'm in the middle of herb season, I freeze herbs! I freeze a few leaves in the sections of an ice cube tray. I transfer the herb cubes to a larger container and repeat the process until the en...
Going green can be overwhelming how about choosing one area that's low cost/will save money like trying to reduce waste on focus on that? That means, trying to get an extra use out of items before ...
I clean the grout in my shower by spraying full strength from the bottle vinegar on an old toothbrush. It works pretty well, epecially when I switched from bar soap to liquid soap.
Bu...
Last year my goal was to reduce my home's electricy consumption by 20%. I have an all electric kitchen and thought that the goal was high but decided to do it anyway. I also wanted to keep all of m...
Try baking soda and vinegar. I had some baked on gunk arround the burners of my stove. Nothing cut through it. As a last resort I sprinkled baking soda on the gunk and waited a while. Scrubbed. Was...
I have some vintage hankies that were my grandmother's that I dug out and started to use for allergy season. So far, no complaints. In fact, the soft cotton feels better on my nose than a scratchy ...
My green project for 2008 was to reduce my home's electricity consumption by 20% without replacing everything I own (ex. major appliances), by doing small/cheap home improvements, etc. I found that...
foodefafa said:
"while I do applaud people who make serious efforts to be eco-friendly, I wish more articles would focus on aspects of 'being green' that are much more approachable to ease ...
I'm not interested in soften anything just reducing static cling. I throw in a couple of (washed) tennis balls in my dryer with the wet clothes and it works great. Just like the Nellie Dryer balls ...
We get so little sunlight during the winter, that I swore up and down that solar panels/passive solar heat would only work during the summer.
My bedroom has a pitched ceiling and is di...
The last time I needed paint for the baseboards of my powder room, I checked the oops/mistint section of the store. I lucked out that there was a dented can of the same size and color of blank pain...
You forgot another very important tip - Repair! Instead of throwing out and buying a new item, see if you can repair it. There are a lot of very good simple home improvement books out there that wi...
I had a tree that had some holes that needed huge ornaments to fill out the space. I had tissue paper cut into 4ths to reuse in my wrapping paper stash that I layered and twisted into paper flowers...
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I cleaned out my big stash of worn out kitchen towels. I cut them in quarters so I wouldn't put them back into regular kitchen towel rotation and use them for cleaning like paper towels. This work...
I know parents who do the same thing at McDonald's with a Playplace. They grab a cheap cup of coffee and chat at a table while they let their kids play on the giant Habitrail.
hilolp, have you tried vinegar straight up from the bottle and scrubbing it with an old toothbrush? A 5% vinegar solution kills bacteria and is generally what's in the bottle (check the label on yo...
I use a couple of layers of newspaper and cover it with mulch. My neighbors wonder why I never have to weed my flower beds!
When I'm in the middle of herb season, I freeze herbs! I freeze a few leaves in the sections of an ice cube tray. I transfer the herb cubes to a larger container and repeat the process until the en...
Going green can be overwhelming how about choosing one area that's low cost/will save money like trying to reduce waste on focus on that? That means, trying to get an extra use out of items before ...
I clean the grout in my shower by spraying full strength from the bottle vinegar on an old toothbrush. It works pretty well, epecially when I switched from bar soap to liquid soap. Bu...
Last year my goal was to reduce my home's electricy consumption by 20%. I have an all electric kitchen and thought that the goal was high but decided to do it anyway. I also wanted to keep all of m...
Try baking soda and vinegar. I had some baked on gunk arround the burners of my stove. Nothing cut through it. As a last resort I sprinkled baking soda on the gunk and waited a while. Scrubbed. Was...
I have some vintage hankies that were my grandmother's that I dug out and started to use for allergy season. So far, no complaints. In fact, the soft cotton feels better on my nose than a scratchy ...
Use an orange peel. The orange oils in the peel cut through the gunk and shines the sink.
My green project for 2008 was to reduce my home's electricity consumption by 20% without replacing everything I own (ex. major appliances), by doing small/cheap home improvements, etc. I found that...
foodefafa said: "while I do applaud people who make serious efforts to be eco-friendly, I wish more articles would focus on aspects of 'being green' that are much more approachable to ease ...
I'm not interested in soften anything just reducing static cling. I throw in a couple of (washed) tennis balls in my dryer with the wet clothes and it works great. Just like the Nellie Dryer balls ...
I'm in Ohio and yes, I do enjoy a craft beer or two on the weekend.
We get so little sunlight during the winter, that I swore up and down that solar panels/passive solar heat would only work during the summer. My bedroom has a pitched ceiling and is di...
The last time I needed paint for the baseboards of my powder room, I checked the oops/mistint section of the store. I lucked out that there was a dented can of the same size and color of blank pain...
You forgot another very important tip - Repair! Instead of throwing out and buying a new item, see if you can repair it. There are a lot of very good simple home improvement books out there that wi...
I hide the gifts in the tubs I store the Christmas decorations in until I have time to wrap them.
I had a tree that had some holes that needed huge ornaments to fill out the space. I had tissue paper cut into 4ths to reuse in my wrapping paper stash that I layered and twisted into paper flowers...