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Toilet Paper Tube Seed Starters

Toilet Paper Tube Seed Starters

Toilet paper tube seed starters make a great alternative to peat pots – they’re biodegradable, easy to make, and best of all they’re totally free!  What You’ll Need: Toilet Paper Tubes Seed Starting Mix Scissors Seeds It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!   Cut all of your toilet paper tubes in half, then cut [...]

Green Gardening For Spring

Container Garden

As we edge ever away from the cold winter of 2012, it is perhaps time to start looking to the future, and planning, just what we are going to do in the garden this year. The best time to do this of course, is when you still have time to consider your action plan; just [...]

8 Eco-Crazy Ways To Use Vodka!

Strange Uses For Vodka

Believed to have originated from either Poland or Russia, Vodka is estimated to date back to around the beginning of the twelfth century. Originally created for medical purposes, it wasn’t until the middle of the 14th century that vodka was discovered to have “intoxicating characteristics”. In present day most people only know vodka as a [...]

Upcycled Wine Bottle Plant Nanny

Upcycled Wine Bottle

The past few months have been the most trying and difficult months of my life, and while I can’t go into great detail, I will say I still have a long and bumpy road ahead. So with that being said, I must admit I have recently acquired a new-found love for wine! No, I haven’t become an alcoholic, [...]

Trash To Treasure- Fun Upcycling Ideas For Earth Day & Everyday!

Self Watering Soda Bottle Vase

With Earth Day tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite upcycling ideas. I LOVE upcycling- and what better way to honor the earth than taking something destined for the landfill and turning it into something you, or someone else can use! Mod Pallet Couch 6 Pallets + Old Mattress [...]

Do-It-Yourself Earth Box Planter

Homemade Earth Box

Last year I had the urge to grow my own vegetables. Specifically, I wanted to taste heirloom tomatoes and see what all the fuss is about. My local grocery store carries a small basket of fun colored, humorously shaped heirloom tomatoes, but I could never justify spending the money for them. Vegetable gardening takes more labor and faith [...]

10 Steps To Starting A Community Garden

How To Start A Community Garden

Do spiraling food prices and concerns for where food comes from have you looking for alternatives to what’s in the supermarket bins? With Spring on the horizon, it’s a perfect time to think about starting a community garden! The benefits of starting a community garden are many… Improves the quality of life for people in [...]

Composting Is Cool! (How and why to start composting)

How to build a simple backyard compost bin.

That’s right, I went there, I said “composting is cool” and I meant every word, seriously. I have been begging the dear husband to build a compost bin for months and today, it finally happened. I almost feel like I did about 15 years ago when I acquired the “Princess Bear” beanie baby, ecstatic! I guess you know you’re truly [...]

Creating A Fairy Garden

How To Make A Fairy Garden

Last January I decided to make Hailey a fairy garden for her fifth birthday. Hailey adores fairies, and has a special fairy friend named Aliceciella who comes to visit quite often. It only seemed fit that Aliceciella should have a place of her own to hang out with all of her fairy friends when she comes [...]


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