Yeah, so our postage stamp of a garden has been re-sodded and we need to look after it. Ever wonder what you have to do? Me, neither, until last Friday…
Does anyone have any environmentally friendly water conservationist methods at hand?!
Jan 02 2010
Heat in a click
Heat in a click. Not your grandmother’s hot shot (for anyone who remembers them!). 
And perfect for those of us living in cold places. (yay!)
Nov 08 2009
Vinegar in the dishwasher.
So, we have this slightly cantankerous dishwasher. We’re renting, so it’s not like we can just go out and buy a new one. Giving up my environmental principles, I had even taken up Rinse Agents in an effort to keep the dishes grit free.
Then, I read online that one should run a full cycle once a month with nothing more than vinegar (1 cup) in the dishwasher. It helped, but was far from perfect.
I was just considering rinse agent again when, after having a conversation about dishwasher function while on vacation in VT, I decided to simply put vinegar into the rinse agent container and see what happens if the dishwasher rinses with some vinegar in it every time.
Well, after a month of this, I would just like to report that it’s ***awesome***. There is little to no grit on our dishes. They feel smooth and rinsed at the end of the cycle. The glasses shine.
So there you have it folks. Stop buying rinse agent and fill that rinse agent container with plain white household vinegar. (it’s a lot cheaper than rinse agent, too! )
Oct 30 2009
Green Box!
I dragged my sorry cold/flu/whatever ridden a$$ home this evening to be cheered up by the arrival of our Green Box! Yahoooooo….
Oct 01 2009
Day 10: Pesto
Fall is the time to ready myself for winter. Cutting down the garden, turning the herbs into something yummy, is one of the true joys of the fall season.
So, this evening, I started with the Basil (sweet basil, that is… as I also grow thai basil)… and I got a yield of 4 jars of pesto today. Not bad, not bad at all.
Sep 12 2009
Going Fair Trade
According to the Green Living Blog, Cadbury Canada’s Dairy Milk Bar is to go fair trade starting next summer.
Aug 23 2009
Kristof on Industrial Farming
Only a week after I saw Food Inc., Nicholas Kristof of the NYT has written a column on industrial agriculture and wistful memories of the family farm in the US.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Food for the Soul
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: August 22, 2009
YAMHILL, Ore.
On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all.
More fundamentally, it has no soul. Continue reading “Kristof on Industrial Farming”
Jan 14 2009
He might be a meat eater… but
this is my current favourite online lecture. Mark Bittman on TED telling the world to be more responsible about what you eat. check it out:
I found it on The Grist
Mar 16 2008
The Story of Stuff
A friend of mine sent me these interesting links, which I think are so cool that I a) sent them to everyone & b) am blogging them up. Check it out:
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