Posted in Info to Live By, The Environment on Jun 26th, 2008
Here is a fantastic idea for building an energy efficient home cheaply! And the use of natural resources is excellent without all the waste. Using bales of straw these homes are beautiful.
Posted in Info to Live By, Living Green on Jun 25th, 2008
A great tip for really making the colors of your flowers pop and your veggies produce is Epson salts. Now many people know this makes a great soak in the bathtub for aches and pains and will make you feel better in general, most don’t realize plants love it too. Epson salts are magnesium sulfate, [...]
Posted in Info to Live By, Living Green on Jun 19th, 2008
The thought of using those nasty chemicals with names you can’t pronounce around where I live just isn’t gonna happen. Well this little formula works great and will take down nasty weeds like Johnson Grass and Canadian Thistle. Just remember though it does have salt in it so spray the weed not the ground, salt [...]
Posted in Info to Live By on May 5th, 2008
Ok, turkey mites are nasty little tiny immature stages of a tiny tick that if you manage to walk through a patch of them will make you miserable in a whole new way. I think the best description of them is psycho chiggers. I am in Kentucky and we have had an incredible come back [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself!, Info to Live By on May 2nd, 2008
Living in the country does tend to make for some strange and often smelly neighbors…though I guess this could happen in the city too. Well I am a dog owner with a few acres of land and they run patrol on a regular basis and I also happen to have a den of skunks that [...]
Posted in Info to Live By on Jan 17th, 2008
How to Bring nature into your life
Do you ever have the time to reduce your stress and relax? Well you can by brining nature into your life. You will find that you will feel better about yourself and life when you allow nature into your life. Many people believe that your environment influences [...]