I live in Colorado where the summers are hot and dry. If you want a lawn here, you’ve got to irrigate it throughout the growing season or else it won’t stand a chance. Back where I grew up everyone had a huge, lush lawn, no irrigation necessary. So naturally when I bought my home in Colorado and I had my first yard to call my own, I wanted what I knew, deep, green, and oh so lush Kentucky BlueGrass. Kentucky Blue was the gold standard in my mind. Poor Decisions…
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What is Composting? Composting is the process of allowing organic matter breakdown into fertilizer for soil. Anything organic can be composted – leaves, branches, table scraps, banana peels, watermelon rinds, etc. Why Compost? Our landfills are overflowing, and food waste is the single most common material found in landfills. When food rots, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80x more potent than CO2. Municipal solid waste landfills are the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S. A recent study published in nature.com found that composting organic…
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I purchased a bidet for my home three years ago and I’m not exaggerating when I say it was life changing. LIFE CHANGING! The first time I used it I honestly thought to myself, “What the heck have I been doing my whole life?” Now I know, I was walking around with a dirty butt for the first 40+ years of my life. No longer. Bidets have been around since the beginning of time, yet in the United States they are not common. In the U.S., we’ve chosen to use…
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Just about everyone has a Target near them so I decided to take a look around my local store and see what eco-friendly cleaning products I could find. I was looking for products that are effective without unnecessary harsh chemicals, and products that don’t come packaged in excessive plastic. Turns out my local Target really delivered! Glass Spray Bottles – Why Did We Ever Stop Using Them? I love the new trend in reusable glass spray bottles like this one from Ever Spring. For years I made due by simply…
