Look what is hiding under my mulch. Most people schedule vacations to destress from their hectic lives. Some down time they say. Heck, I need an extra week of vacation just from the stress of getting ready for vacation. I don’t know about you, but I always try and tie up loose ends before I go […]
Archives for June 2009
LightFair 2009 Lites Up NYC!
Ilumisys‘ LED replacement tubes featured at LightFair 2009 Every other year, LightFair International, the biggest and brightest (in my opinion) lighting show comes to New York City. This is my second time attending this amazing show and I was not disappointed. In fact, they should have renamed the show “LEDFair” since 90% of the exhibitors […]
How to Create a No Till Garden Bed
What causes back aches, frustration, and stiff joints? Digging a new garden bed. If you have ever attempted this with soil that has never been tilled, it is time intensive and hard work. Don’t let television fool you. How to make it easier? Visiting a local equipment rental company. My tools Sod cutter (lifts the […]
The Fertile Gardener
Welcome Garden #2! Around May and June I become a little obsessive with my garden. Over the years, it has grown from 4 tomato plants to now 19 beds, 9 heirloom apple trees complete with their own birth announcement, 2 peach trees, 7 blueberry bushes, and 2 grape vines. Okay. This did not happen in […]
For My Kids Products: Made from Love to be Safe.
See the free giveaway below! Like many moms, Christine Steward, had an epiphany after reading the ingredients of her newborn’s products and decided to switch to more environmentally friendly product. What makes Steward so different than most of us, is she decided to make her own products. As her friends coo’ed over her products, she […]
You’ve Got Green Mail, June 9, 2009 Round-up
Photo by Cavin B. This week’ s roundup is an eclectic mix of green news form the state of green marketing to IBM’s big splash into water management: Financial Incentives Could Spur Green Roof Installations “The Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 (S.320) introduced by Sen. Maria E. Cantwell (D-Wash.) intends to […]
Give Dad a Swig for Father’s Day
Check out my Greensender water bottle giveaway! Every year my sister and I struggle over what to get my Dad for Father’s Day. We always go through the same dance when that day draws near. You know the familiar ” should we get him clothes?” My sister then replies, ” he doesn’t need any clothes.” […]
