The floors of our apartment are treacherous. Among its warped wooden surface, metal nails tear giant holes into innocent socks, destroying it and its pair. Those stupid nails refuse to stay down. We nail them down and they persistently pop up ruining a number of perfectly good socks. After they destroyed my favorite pair of [...]
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Oh, darn hole!
Posted in DIY, Reduce | Reuse | Recycle, tagged darn, darning, socks on 2009, February 4 | 2 Comments »
Greening the Big Day
Posted in DIY, tagged destination, Germany, Green Wedding, planning, sustainable, wedding on 2008, April 3 | Leave a Comment »
I am getting married in Germany this summer and we are taking steps towards having our wedding day be as environmentally and socially responsible as possible. Although we currently reside in the States, we chose to be married in my SO’s hometown in Germany for a number of reasons; one major deciding factor was to [...]
Weekend Project: Self-watering Planter
Posted in *Home & Garden, DIY, tagged DIY, indoor gardening, recycling, seeding, self-watering planter on 2008, April 1 | Leave a Comment »
A couple weekends ago (March 22-23, Easter weekend), I decided to plant seeds to grow some herbs indoors. Clockwise from top right: basil, mint, parsley, chives. Actually I meant to grow some cilantro as well, but I forgot. Oops. Maybe I will plant some later. I picked up the seeds and soil from the local [...]
Weekend Project: T-shirt tote
Posted in DIY, tagged DIY, recycling, reusable bag, t-shirt tote on 2008, March 31 | 4 Comments »
Here are the totes that we use when grocery (and other) shopping: From left to right: Nylon reusable shopping bag (EZ Bag) with case– Super compact to carry, durable, and can fit a large load; Convenient because it can be easily carried around (the case has a clip so you can attach it to your [...]
