When you want to practice sustainable travel it takes a little more research and thought than simply booking a plane ticket. But by spending just a little bit extra time making sure you’re employing the best sustainable options can go a long way towards reducing your impact your visit will have on the countries you're visiting. Here are 5 tips for traveling sustainably anywhere in the world. Know the Environmental & Moral Issues before Landing Do you know what some of the environmental Continue Reading
5 Steps to Bring You Closer to a Zero Waste Home
Deciding on a zero waste, or as close to it as you can manage, lifestyle doesn’t have to be a super dramatic, turn your life upside down change. Most of the effort goes into changing the way you think about and put consumerism into action. Everything that we bring into our lives and home is something that we are now taking responsibility for using and disposing of. Once you begin to see how much stuff we accumulate and where we can reduce the amount of stuff, it becomes easier and easier to turn Continue Reading
10 Must Haves for a Healing Garden
My grandmother loved to garden! Eggplant, tomatoes, butternut squash and more were always in abundance in her Southeast Louisiana home. My grandmother would spend several hours a day tending to her large garden. What we didn't eat that day, she froze for the winter. But her garden was more than an fruits and veggies. She also grew things like mint and aloe as a natural remedy source. Over the years I have implemented many of the tips she instilled in me at a young age for my own backyard Continue Reading
10 Eco and Budget Friendly Easy Ways to “Go Green”
It’s very important to take care of the environment. Each and every one of use should be doing our part to conserve our energy and natural resources. There are many things you can do around the house to go green and do your part. Green Tip #1 Our appliances use a lot of energy. To make the switch to eco-friendly living, update your appliances so that they’re Energy Star qualified. Although this might cost money to do, in the end, you’ll be saving both energy and your money. Green Tip Continue Reading
DIY Baking Soda Solutions
Baking soda is one of those supplies that can be used for anything and everything. Not only can baking soda be used for cooking, it has many other uses around the house, including cleaning and health solutions. Take a look at how you can use baking soda in every room of your home. In the Kitchen Baking soda has many uses around the kitchen. The two main uses of baking soda are to clean and to deodorize. Use a little bit of baking soda in your refrigerator and in the trashcan. This will help Continue Reading
The Benefits of Beauty Products with Seaweed
Bath and beauty products have been infused with ingredients gathered from our oceans for years. Like most other natural products, everything from algae to sea salt is able to provide some benefit to our skin, hair and nails. Lately, seaweed has been popping up on ingredient labels and it turns out it actually helps with a lot of skin and beauty issues. Here are some of the benefits of using bath and beauty products with seaweed in them. Seaweed as an Exfoliate Turns out seaweed can be Continue Reading
Chicken Update: The “DixieChicks” Are 3 Weeks Old
Wordless Wednesday: Baby Chicks Have Found a New home
Wordless Wednesday- Chicken Coop Update
Building a Hen House- Stage 1
Over the past year one of the things my husband & I wanted to start was a chicken coop. Living outside the New Orleans area is such a gift. We are in close proximity to everything New Orleans has to offer our family: music, culture, art, history and more. But along with the city life, we enjoy our small town living. Since we have almost 2 acres of land, we are fortunate enough to have a large garden every summer and now, the opportunity to have chickens. Why Continue Reading
Homemade DIY Dishwasher Detergent & Rinse Aid- #Frugal
One of my favorite household stockpile items is dishwasher tabs/liquid. Over the last few years I have been able to score boxes of dishwasher liquid/tabs for around 50 bents a box. Those deals are now few & far between. I have said in the past that as soon as I use all my dishwasher tabs/liquid I will start making my own. The barrel has dried and thus..... I shall make my own to save my family money. I have spent the last month perfecting this recipe to suit my own needs. It's not rocket Continue Reading
Top Tips for Holiday Decoration Storage Solutions- Includes #Frugal Solutions
I know what your thinking? Your hanging the family Christmas ornaments and wishing you had better wrapped those precious memories just a little bit more securely. Or seriously, why are these Christmas Tree Lights not tangle free? We've all been there. Last years Christmas organization blunders are giving us the stink eye! Last years packing mistakes are waiting for us in the attic/basement ready to taunt us this year. But as we are thinking of how we "wished" we would have done this or that, Continue Reading