Eco-Friendly(er) Painting

I recently began a repainting rampage in our house.  We built our home 13 years ago and have crummy builder’s paint in every room  for the entire 13 years.  It was frustrating because I couldn’t clean the walls or do anything to make them look less than terribly worn. I hesitated to repaint because of [...]

DIY Crafts – an ode to Springtime and Easter

spring

It’s hard for me to believe that Spring is already here and April is just a few days away, especially since it just snowed over the weekend and it’s been real cold here in Missouri! It was our heaviest snow of the past couple years and it happened during SPRING, yeesh… We are definitely experiencing [...]

DIY Soap Scum Remover – a natural soft scrub alternative

DIRTY SHOWER!!

I was recently hired by someone to clean their home naturally, and I had the pleasure of cleaning one VERY yucky tub & shower! I can’t even tell you how a shower would have so much black and brown grime growing in it.. but I CAN tell you that this cleaning formula worked MAGIC in [...]

{Eco Living}New Ways to Look at Fall Leaves

leaves

  In our area, the leaves are turning to brilliant colors a little early this year which means that they’ll be falling a little sooner than usual and we’ll need to deal with them.  In our city of Kent, Ohio, Our leaves are collected by the city and added to a city compost. All we [...]

{Food and Gardening} The Joy of Native Plants

jewelweed, phlox, rose

As I step out the door into my backyard, I can feel a nip in the air on this late summer morning.   The sky is an unbelievably bright blue with a just a few small puffy clouds overhead.  This is one of those days we long for in the upper Midwest, pleasantly cool temperatures, no [...]