Archive for the ‘Green living’ Category
Food Dyes Linked to Cancer
Did you know that in the United States alone we consume an estimated 15 million pounds of food dyes per year? That’s a whole lot of dye going into our foods, our bodies, and our children’s bodies. Not only do these food dyes cause behavior problems like hyperactivity in children, they have now been linked to childhood cancers…
Eating foods that are real foods, not fake foods, are the best way to avoid eating dangerous dyes.
Read the article by Dr. Axe: Food Dyes Linked to Cancer
10 reasons to grow your own food
Planting vegetable gardens has become quite a popular trend. People are reclaiming what used to be a necessity before the rise of the modern supermarket. The 2009 Edibles Gardening Trends Research Report found that over 41 million U.S. households (38%!) planted a vegetable garden in 2009.
You might think you don’t have a green thumb, but anyone can plant a small garden and grow their own food.
Need some motivation? Here are 10 reasons to grow your own food.
Veggies coming up.
The peas are coming up nicely.
So is the spinach.
And lettuce.
Country Wisdom & Know-How
This book has everything from how to raise bees, to how to make cheese to how to build a stone wall and loads of great recipes, too! With nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living this book has everything you need to live off the land. The only problem I have with it is the print is very tiny.
Vermicomposting
Just realized I hadn’t posted anything for awhile…I’m interested in trying some vermicomposting:
http://www.wormdigest.org/content/view/15/2/
http://www.yougrowgirl.com/garden/vermicomposting.php
Now I need to find out where I can get some red wigglers…
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I’m so excited to have a delivery of half a pound of red worms coming this week from the Friendly Worm Guy 
My hubby thinks I’m a bit nuts…
Also found more info on the worms http://www.redworm.com/