Becoming More Resiliant One Day at a Time
Welcome to Week 4 of “28 Days to a Gently Sustainable Home: Do Without”! In the last three weeks, we’ve unpacked the timeless mantra from the Great Depression “Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do and Do Without”. What are your thoughts when you hear the phrase “Do Without”? I don’t know how…
As I was strolling into my neighborhood health food store this week, with my list of two or three things, I stumbled across an offering of large aloe vera leaves in the refrigerator section! These dudes were crazy big! And for $1.99 each, I just had to have one! Let me show you how easy…
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve covered a lot of information that will surely make us more sustainable in our homes and our lives! This will be our third week of the “28 Day Journey to a Gently Sustainable Home” and now we’ll be covering how to “Make it Do“! Learning to “Make…
I’m excited to introduce you to Jo M, one of the owner/operators at “The Cockeyed Homestead” with her post “Is it Dead Yet? No, not Quite!” Jo M and Melody M are two 60ish year old widows with a common goal, to live the most organic and self-sustainable life possible! While Mel is a converted…
How many things in life do you think you’ve completely worn out? Other than the patience of our parents when we were children, I doubt that many Americans use all of their possessions until they had absolutely NO usefulness whatsoever. So, does this make us all bad people? Of course not. But our lack of…
Since we’re focused on “Using It Up” this week, it’s a great time to get more acquainted with how to re-purpose and/or up-cycle clothing! Let’s learn to make a simple, reusable market bag in about an hour! I can hear some of you mumbling that you don’t have a sewing machine and you don’t know…
