Archives for September 2008

Have A Creative and Crafty Green Halloween

Crafty green Halloween décor may be lurking in the most unusual places…like your trash can or recycling bin. You can create cute favor boxes crafted from cardboard toilet paper rolls and bejeweled black cats from empty plastic laundry detergent bottles. Old scraps of fabric … [Read more...]

China's Milk Kills: America's Processed Food ____

As China comes out of it's adolescence and moves toward a true free market it stumbles and rights itself. Chinese people aren't bad or silly, two of them appear to be, and may face the death penalty. You see, two brothers have been arrested for selling contaminated milk. My … [Read more...]

Sweet Treats for Healthy Kids

Let's face it, we all like to pretend we NEVER let our precious youngsters have any sugar or sweet treats. In reality, we are REAL parents and our kids do get some treats. How can we manage allowing a sweet tasty every now and then while still making the healthiest choice for … [Read more...]

5 Ways to be an Urban Homesteader: How to Live Off the City Land

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/mCPEBM5ol0Q&hl=en&fs=1] Not everyone can do as my family did and buy an old homestead, build your own house, and live-off-the-grid. Jobs and social ties keep families in suburbs and cities, and there is a good reason people tend to … [Read more...]

What is Baby going to BEE for Halloween? Help Spread the Buzz about CCD

The honey bees are dying off around the world, and yet still many people have never heard of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). This week the Italian government banned several pesticides that are thought to be linked to the honey bee decline. More research (funding) is required to … [Read more...]