by Rachel Baker on February 28, 2015
When I was a youngun’ black-eyed peas and rice were a staple New Years Day meal. The menu at grandma’s house was always ham, black-eyed peas, rice and collards. When my grandparents passed on, my mom kept up with ham, black-eyed peas and rice (with pepper juice and onions). I seem to think she decided […]
by Rachel Baker on February 10, 2015
We use a lot of paper towels in our household. And while I try to think twice before I use them, I can’t seem to figure out a way to decrease our usage. Until now. I ran across an idea for unpaper towels. They are crazy inexpensive and they take no time to make up. […]
by Rachel Baker on February 5, 2015
I was on one of my favorite sites today, Mother Earth Living, and ran across an old article about a limited edition collection from Levi’s. Maybe you heard about it – Ekocycle x Levi’s 501 Waste
by Rachel Baker on January 26, 2015
We are making plans for the next stage in life (you know, the one where the kids have graduated high school); and it looks like we will are both thinking about making ourselves a bit more self-sustaining than we are now. For us, that means growing our own food. I found this article at Mother […]
by Rachel Baker on January 19, 2015
I have decided I’m going to make an afghan or two. I have wanted to before, but felt like I would get really bored, so besides the baby blanket I did for my niece, I haven’t done more than make an attempt. I found this pattern for a “mindless knitting, tv watchig, scrap user-upper” afghan, […]
by Rachel Baker on January 18, 2015
I love making vegetable broth. In fact, there was a time a few years ago homemade veggie broth was all we used. But then, life got busy and it I stopped making it. Seeing the article below reminded me how much I enjoyed making it and knowing that I was making something wonderful and healthy […]
by Rachel Baker on January 16, 2015
I don’t really know if this would make a good ‘regular’ gift or not, but I can certainly see it being a part of a homemade get-well basket. I also think something like this would PHENOMENAL in my own household, where we all have allergy and congestion issues throughout the year. Read more: Vicks Shower […]