We were up in Maine this past weekend and the mosquitoes were fierce. It was difficult to go outside without getting eaten alive. Our only saving grace was when a breeze kicked in and the mosquitoes could no longer focus on our delicious ankles, arms and legs. The first line of defense is to cover-up…
Green Outdoors
Wordless Wednesday: Organic Farm Stand
It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words. This photo was taken on a bike ride through the mountains. Can you guess what state I was in? Hint: not Massachusetts, but close by. Linky Love: Dagmar’s Momsense, I Thought I…
5 Spring Gardening Tips
Gardening is top priority this year. Over the years I have been very diligent about planting a garden each spring with my three boys. Working together to create a vegetable garden has always been an incredibly rewarding process. One of my missions as a parent is to help my children understand that there’s a connection…
Wordless Wednesday: A Trip to the Farm
It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words. What do you think this picture is saying? Linky Love: The Green Phone Booth, I Thought I Knew Mama.
5 Tips to Green Your Landscape from Roger Cook
This is part two in a two part series of discussions with Roger Cook and Kevin O’Connor from This Old House. Part one focused on the host of This Old House- Kevin O’Connor. Part two focuses on green landscaping techniques from This Old House, Landscape Contractor, Roger Cook. It’s January and recent weather has been…
Tips for Eco-Friendly Snow and Ice Removal
For the East Coast and around much of the country, winter means the arrival of snow and ice-and lots of it. The removal of snow and ice from walkways and driveways is a job that most homeowners would love to hand off to someone else. However, many of us find shoveling well within our job…
Talk the Talk at the Meat Market
With Thanksgiving just around the corner it is time to start thinking about where that big ol’ bird is going to come from. It would seem to be a simple task-pick out a turkey for dinner- but the labels on meat products make it overwhelming and confusing: natural, organic, free range, grassfed- to name a…