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Gardening Nude is an inspirational blog built by Shawna Coronado to encourage greening and community improvement. It's ideas and lessons are simple; improving health, lifestyle greening, and building community will enable readers to live well and hap
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How To Catch A Fruit Fly and Remain Green and Non-Toxic A Product Review Terro Fruit Fly Trap
Fruit flies: my enemy in the kitchen. It is true they torture we humans with their incessant irritation, yet removing them non-toxically has always been a problem. The Terro Fruit Fly Trap promises a non-toxic, and therefore, “green” solution....
Save Money My Top Ten Tips for Reducing Energy Usage In Your Home!
According to a 2009 report from McKinsey & Company, Americans are wasting $130 billion annually on energy. This means we are spending way too much money due to inefficiency in our homes. During a difficult economic time, watching our utility u...
Today is Botany of Desire Day Learn More About Nature By Watching This Awesome Show!
This evening an absolutely fascinating nature story will be shown on PBS at 8:00 PM. It is based on Michael Pollan’s incredible and deeply inspiring book, The Botany Of Desire; A Plant’s—Eye View Of The World. Pollan examines the truly amaz...
A Review of the Lifetime Yardcart Wheelbarrow and A Ride For Harry the Pug.
Want an awesome wheelbarrow to help you with your Fall chores? I have the one for you, plus it has the advantage of featuring a patented design that distributes more weight to the wheels and less to the user, helping to lighten the load when wheeli...
GAIAMs Kitchen Compost Pail A Great Way to Encourage Garden Composting A Video Review
Composting is one of the easiest ways to create incredible soil for your garden which requires very little or any amendments. Compost is “black gold” and the first step to composting is getting your kitchen bi-products inside your home out......
The Morton Arboretum On The Cutting Edge; Beer Bottle Glass Sustainable Paving
Once again The Morton Arboretum is on the cutting edge with sustainability; utilizing recycled glass as a path product. “Building paths from recycled beer bottles is another wonderful example of our progress towards a more sustainable experience fo...
A Yellow Pages Rant Whats With The Phone Book Company SCAM? Americans Go Digital and Save Our Resources and Our Landfill Space
Once again I have received the damned Yellow Pages Phone Book. I do not want these books - I have not used a phone book in nearly five years. Ever. Not even once in five years! Usually I toss the......
Buy Local Handmade Soaps and Make a Green and Clean Difference
Why buy local? Simple – it’s green. Studies on buying local show that locally-owned businesses generate a premium in economic impact to the community and our tax base. Locally owned business contributes less to urban sprawl, congestion, habitat l...
Get Yo Green On Tuesday An Indoor Bokashi Meat and Milk Composter Review
Clean Air Gardening sells this cool Indoor Kitchen Composter which composts more than traditional veg material, it also composts meat and milk. While I have practiced outdoor composting for several years, I have never done indoor composting and was c...
Me Thinks I Need A New Royal Water Saving Throne Cause My Toilet Stinks!
My toilet stinks! Although it’s shiny white porcelain glow, unique design, and lovely matching accessories made it a fashionable find, the real reason my husband and I bought the very special Crane Plumbing toilet from Menard’s was because of its...
Olympus Stylus TOUGH-6000 Camera Review
There’s one word for the new Olympus Stylus TOUGH-6000 – TOUGH!!!! Spending 14 days on a Mexican eco-adventure means you have to have a camera that will survive anything. This camera is shockproof, waterproof, freezeproof, crushproof and shakepro...
Get Yo Green On Tuesday SubZero Water Bottles A Very Disappointing Product Review
While at the local Walgreen’s a week ago I spotted one of those cool new stainless steel water bottles which was advertising it was “Reusable, Refillable, Recyclable.” It came in several colors and sizes and was made by SubZero. Since......
Monday Whazzup - Is There a Green Snowblower?
"Tis the season for snowblowers. Just how green and sustainable are they? After years of debate and justification over the purchase, last season the family finally gave in and bought an electric snowblower. Certainly a less green solution to hand......
