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Posted in homemade & crafty, natural, green, & healthy on Jul 25th, 2010
Isn’t that bag cute? This is my new most favorite way to snack! This bag is reusable (even more so than ziplocs) and easily can be washed with a load of clothes and used again! This is my new favorite way to tote nuts, dehydrated fruit, and snack crackers with me!
I am going to attempt [...]
Posted in in the kitchen, natural, green, & healthy on Jul 15th, 2010
Bright Red Jam!
Clean, Sterilized Jars – Ready to Store the Jam
Strawberry Jam Ready to Be Added to Jars
I bought low-sugar freezer pectin and made some yummy yummy jam using the recipe inside. Yum! Yum! Yum!
Posted in making home, natural, green, & healthy on Jun 15th, 2010
I’m branching out a little bit in my gardening this year. It’s still on the back deck as we do not want to build large gardens in this home.
The orange buckets: blueberries, green peppers, swiss chard
The green tubs: strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes
The pots: cilantro, spinach (gone to seed!), basil
So far, so good. And so much [...]
Posted in making home, natural, green, & healthy on May 11th, 2010
The glass shower doors in out bathroom have been the bane of my existence since moving into our house – it didn’t seem to matter what I did, they did not stay clean. However, there is a super easy and super frugal trick to keeping those doors sparkly clean:
Spray them with vinegar.
That’s right. I [...]
Posted in in the kitchen, natural, green, & healthy on Jan 29th, 2010
It took me a while to find something that would work be a natural and cheaper replacement for our dishwasher. We have been using Finish Power Tabs since we moved into our house – and they did a great job making our dishes clean. But at the fabulous Costco price of 14.99 for 110 loads, [...]