This year I am determined to create my first vegetable garden. I am a newbie when it comes to growing vegetables. So, I thought I would start off easy and grow tomatoes, blueberries, cauliflower, and peppers. (Yeah, so much for starting off with a very simple garden!) My organic heirloom tomatoes seedlings came from California because I was [...]
April 2007
Photo courtesy of Vermontwoods.com I just happened to google the term, “eco friendly,” into google this morning to see what sites I can find. There is alot of green websites out there and lots of information to share. I clicked on http://www.ramsayhome.com which is a blog from a Canadian couple building their green dream home in Calgary, [...]
I have been waiting for solar panels to become cheaper for years. It just did not make sense to me that you had to install 96 panels for a 10K system which is suppose to create 13,500 kilowatts for the year if you are lucky. I would be creating about $2000 worth of electricity per [...]
Since I am a new weblog, I was told by my hosting site (Asio.net–totally solar web hosting site!!) to get my name out in different blogs. I did the usual “green” searches and found Green Maven. I thought what a funny name. Someone who is a maven about green products? Green Maven is the first [...]
Everyone is talking about buying “green” or practicing the mantra, “recycle, reuse, and reduce.” Different organizations all over the country started to put all these sayings into practice by creating salvage and surplus building supply centers. Typically, builders order fifteen percent more supplies for their jobs in case some glitch shows up in the building [...]
Photo courtesy of Professor Christians I met my friend, Karen, the other day. She looked upset and I asked her what was wrong. She sobbed, “I just lost my 2 beautiful dogs to cancer in the last year. They were wonderful dogs. I spoke to the breeder about why both of my dogs died of [...]
Welcome to Green Talk. I built my house in 2005 using many green materials and found the process very hard. I am not talking about just using eco paint or glass tiles. I am talking about trying to make sure every building material that I used was energy efficient, nontoxic and sustainable. Weighing the costs [...]
