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My daughter's room recently became home to a batch of fruit flies. No matter what I tried I could not rid her room of these pesky insects. Until I tried this: •Put a little cider vinegar in a small bowl or jar, along with a piece of fruit (I use...
November 11
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Last winter, after trying every allergy medicine on the market, both prescription and non-proscription, without feeling any relief my husband finally gave in and tried The Neti Pot. Have you heard of The Neti Pot? The first time we ever saw/hear...
November 4
Last winter, after trying every allergy medicine on the market, both prescription and non-proscription, without feeling any relief my husband finally gave in and tried The Neti Pot. Have you heard of The Neti Pot? The first time we ever saw/hear...
November 4
October 14
A blog post by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition was featured
I have tried very hard to reduce the amount of plastic that my family uses, specifically the amount of plastic bags we use. We pack lunches in reusable containers, we save and reuse glass jars as storage containers, we shop with reusable bags (in...
October 14
I have tried very hard to reduce the amount of plastic that my family uses, specifically the amount of plastic bags we use. We pack lunches in reusable containers, we save and reuse glass jars as storage containers, we shop with reusable bags (in...
October 14
A blog post by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition was featured
If you are familiar with the green blogging world chances are that you have heard of Skoy Cloths. The earth friendly, reusable, 100% biodegradable, washable, 100% natural cloth that you use to clean with instead of paper towels and sponges. Yup,...
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What does it mean to be a green and clean mom to you?
It means teaching my children how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and treat the environment with respect. To live a healthy lifestyle and provide the safest, cleanest, most toxic free environment for my children to grow up in.
How many children and what are their ages?
2 children ages 8 and 3.5
What green issues do you hope to learn about through this forum?
Realistic ideas and actions that I a working mother of 2, with a commute, and a tight budget can take that will make my shade of green a littler darker.
I would like to learn more about the Mommy Go Green Blog Tours where I can feature and review green products on my blog.
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Rid your home of pesky fruit flies. Naturally.

My daughter's room recently became home to a batch of fruit flies. No matter what I tried I could not rid her room of these pesky insects.

Until I tried this:

•Put a little cider vinegar in a small bowl or jar, along with a piece of fruit (I used an apple core but others have used banana peels with the same success)

•Cover it tightly with a piece of plastic (I used an old bread wrapper) and poke a few small holes in the plastic with a toothpick.

The flies will be attracted to the smell… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 5:30pm —

Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition

Do you Neti Pot?

Last winter, after trying every allergy medicine on the market, both prescription and non-proscription, without feeling any relief my husband finally gave in and tried The Neti Pot.


Have you heard of The Neti Pot?

The… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 5:30am —

Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition

True Green or True Green Washing?

I have tried very hard to reduce the amount of plastic that my family uses, specifically the amount of plastic bags we use.

We pack lunches in reusable containers, we save and reuse glass jars as storage containers, we shop with reusable bags (including reusable produce bags), when possible we wrap items in aluminum foil, and we save and reuse plastic bags that items (such as grapes) come in.
As much as we have reduced our plastic bag consumption we have not eliminated it all together.

This is… Continue

Posted on October 14, 2009 at 5:30am —

Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition

Skoy Cloth Review

If you are familiar with the green blogging world chances are that you have heard of Skoy Cloths.

The earth friendly, reusable, 100% biodegradable, washable, 100% natural cloth that you use to clean with instead of paper towels and sponges.

Yup, that Skoy Cloth.



When Karen, co-owner of… Continue

Posted on October 7, 2009 at 11:00am —

Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition

New Terra Cycle Brigades

TerraCycle one of my favorite companies! I think that it is ingenious how they keep millions of non-recyclable items out of landfills by turning them into usable items; from cookie wrapper to shower curtain, from drink pouch to backpack, from breakfast bar wrapper to bag.

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Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:00am —

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At 2:35pm on January 28, 2009, Kirstin said…
Your post is up :-)
At 3:10pm on December 31, 2008, Lori said…
Thanks for the add Lena - like your blog!
 
 

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