From the monthly archives: August 2007
From my old Veggie Mama blog: Dear Veggie Mama,How do I prepare my vegetarian child for pre-school? My son is four and has never been in a school setting before. He has never had meat before and I am afraid they may try to give him some on purpose or by mistake.Carla (via email) Dear [...]
I’d like to share ideas on how we each choose to reduce our ecological impact. I’ll be doing a separate post on each of these things, just wanted to get this out there. Here are some things I do: – I have reduced the amount of garbage I add to landfills by composting organic waste [...]
I thought I posted about this here, but I can’t find the post. I either did not post it or I deleted it accidentally. Anyway, enjoy! My husband made a little patio area in the back yard where we usually have a fire going in a grill. This is much nicer! and cheaper to do [...]
We adore Seventh Generation! and though it was hard at first to adjust to the prices (I was used to buying the 89 cents dish detergent, LOL) I soon realized ways to absorb the cost, like using less detergent and having less dishes. So it evens out. We make a bottle last a month or [...]
I’ve heard that if you put a filled bottle of water in your toilet tank it will save $4 for every $10 on your water bill. What! I did not know this. We have 2 older toilets but basically just use one bathroom the most. Our water bill is $125 every 3 months give or [...]
No, we’re not a vegan family, though I would like us to be. We are lacto-ovo vegetarians. We don’t eat any animal, fish or bird flesh of any kind. We still eat chicken eggs and my kids like cheese, like mac and cheese. And we still do milk chocolate, like when I make cakes the [...]
Someone said this to me recently: I’m in no hurry to give up running water, electricity, flush toilets, or forced air heat. LOL! See to me to live like this would be a dream. I can’t because we are committed to live in the same small town we are now and when we build our [...]
So the boys wanted me to make cookies the other day. I was writing so I told them they had to wait. They said We don’t want to wait! Come on, mom, make us some cookies! I said No, later. They said Ok we’ll just make them ourselves. I said Ok, go for it. They [...]
Here I am in the apron I made from an old sheet, and old skirt, and the pocket is from an old pair of jeans. Now I have a NEW apron! Which I badly needed. Now I have one without spending money or making an impact on the environment. Yay! Subscribe to Family Footprint by [...]
I finally have tomatoes! I had a late start because as you may recall my first batch of tomatoes died in a frost, so I had to re-start them. I am excited! These are the cherry/fireball tomatoes and I have them all over now. My sons are also excited at the tomatoes as well as [...]
I wanted to share a little of the upcycling I’ve been doing lately. Or actually reconstructed clothing, ahem. This falls into both the frugal category and the green category, as this saves me money and I’m not contributing to the production of these things. I had an old pair of jeans that my kids called [...]
I try to walk or bike ride as much as I can. Walking or biking to our jobs is not an option right now due to distance, but we can walk or bike ride when we are at home to places like the grocery store, library, post office, etc. We tend to just hop in [...]
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