Posts tagged as: re-use
Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful. Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change. #7 How green is your hygiene regime? Specifically, what’s washing those pretty veg*n chompers? No, I don’t mean the homemade baking soda scrub (although we’ll be covering [...]
I love this creative gardening technique. It hits on so many of my happy Bonzai buttons that it makes me giddy! First of all, you’re growing your own food, which of course I think is divine. Secondly, this is some super small-scale gardening, because you utilize the vertical ‘dead’ space by growing *up* instead [...]
1. Buy Your Food From Bulk Bins. Most natural food stores, and many supermarkets, offer a variety of loose goods like flours, powders, pastas, beans, nuts, dried fruit, coffee, tea, and spices – and there are awesome advantages to buying these items bulk. Firstly, you don’t pay for anything other than the [...]
Finally, spring has sprung in the Northern hemisphere, and you can see its influence in every front yard, café patio, and fruit basket. Taking the cue, fashion designers are sending their models marching down runways from New York to Milan, showcasing their own unique celebration of the new season. This spring, like so many before, [...]
Okay, this is my new favorite project. I’m so excited to share it with you! It’s easy, it’s practical, and it’s just so very Earth-friendly. ¡Qué bueno! Fellow farmers, this is hands-down the best way to start your spring seeds indoors. These individual containers are the perfect size for a sprout, and come garden [...]