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…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on November 11, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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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…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on November 4, 2009 at 5:30am —
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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…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on October 14, 2009 at 5:30am —
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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…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on October 7, 2009 at 11:00am —
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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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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on September 30, 2009 at 5:00am —
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In my neck of the woods it is heart of peach season with the apples starting to make their appearance. For me that means Apple Peach Oatmeal Crunch.
Are these delectable fruits in season in your neck of the woods too?
Does a scoop of warm apple peach oatmeal crunch sound yummy to you too?
If you answered yes then maybe you would be interested in my very easy recipe.
Apple Peach Oatmeal Crunch
Ingredients:
2 cups cooking apples and 2 cups peaches (or 4 cups just apples or just pe…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on September 23, 2009 at 5:00am —
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The other day I stopped by
Costco and was pleasantly surprised by the first display item that I came to.
***100 % Organic Cotton Pajamas for children size 6 months to 10 yrs for $11.99!
I was so excited!
I immediately scooped up a pair for each of my children. And yes, they are very sof…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on September 16, 2009 at 5:00am —
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I did.
I am one of those people that likes to know why.
Why are plastic bags made for the environment? Why should we use reusable bottles? Why are phosphates bad for the water systems? Why are front-loading washers and dryers "green"?
Who do I turn to when I want to know why?
Why…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on August 26, 2009 at 5:30am —
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I think it is
wonderful the number of recycling programs that are popping up, from tennis shoes to yogurt containers, from cell phones and yoga mats to breakfast bar wrappers and packing peanuts, if you have something to discard chances are you can find a place, other than the landfill, to send it.
Do you have some old pots and pans that you don’t fill comfortable donating to Good-Will or using for camping?
Might I suggest sending them to…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on August 19, 2009 at 4:00am —
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If you or anyone you know is growing edible landscaping (i.e. organic garden) chances are you have a few of these laying around.
My favorite thing to do with zucchini is make zucchini bread. SO I thought that I would share my zucchini bread recipe with you.
Enjoy!
Preheat oven @ 350°…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on August 12, 2009 at 5:30am —
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When you start talking green cleaning these 3 little words come up all the time:
Vinegar, Baking Soda, and Lemons.
When I was younger I remember my grandmother placing caps of vinegar around the house
(specifically behind pictures so they would not be seen). She told me that the vinegar soaked up odors
(I didn’t believe her).
I also remember my grandmother adding vinegar to the water when she washed drapes. She said that it not only removed smells but it also whitened the d…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on August 5, 2009 at 5:00am —
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My kids love to chew gum.
Those wise people who set up the displays at checkout counters must know this because they cleverly and clearly display gum
(and candy) at the checkout counters where my kiddos can see them and beg for them. The end of a shopping trip usually means the en…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on July 29, 2009 at 5:30am —
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Now that my daughter is potty trained it is amazing to me how much toilet tissue my family of 4 goes through. It seemed like we were making a monthly trip to Costco just for the super-size Charmin pack. At first I just thought about the affect these trips were having on our…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on July 22, 2009 at 6:30am —
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Apparently mice like these
A lot! I guess the basket we kept in our pantry filled with
Cliff bars was just too much for the mice to resist.
Last week my husband
(luckily it was him and not my daughter or I cuz there would have bee…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on July 15, 2009 at 5:30am —
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The #1 complaint that I hear concerning organic food is the price.
I have to agree, organic natural products tend to be more expensive
(hopefully that won’t always be the case).
The most common response to this problem seems to be, “If you can’t buy all organic, pick the most important items.”
This is good advice and I would definitely include dairy products to the list of must buy organic products.
Why do I say that?
Let’s look at organic milk for instance.…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on July 8, 2009 at 5:30am —
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Preserve is a line of products;
Personal Care (toothbrushes, razors, toothpicks),
Tableware (plates, cutlery, tumblers) &
Kitchen (mixing bowls, cutting boards, storage cont…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on July 1, 2009 at 4:00am —
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
With ample rain and sunshine
Just the right…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on June 24, 2009 at 5:30am —
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Which is one reason that I Heart the new Etsy shop in town
One of the ‘feature’ items of the shop is beautiful, high quality, reversible, hand-shown
reusable bags
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on June 17, 2009 at 5:30am —
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I recently received an e-mail from a small general store owner who is looking for some ideas on how to provide better alternatives to water bottles for her customers. I have a few ideas of my own but I know that brainstorming is a great way to come up with ideas so I thought that I would ask all of you to help too. Please read the following letter (for the complete details) and leave us a comment with your suggestion/ideas. The more suggestions the better!
My name is Sharie Newmar…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on June 9, 2009 at 6:40pm —
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Help Set a Guinness World Record™!
Summer is fast approaching which means out with the jeans and in with the shorts!
Summer also means the end of another school year which = lots of out-grown ov…
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Added by Lena @ Over Coffee - the green edition on June 3, 2009 at 5:30am —
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