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  • Easy Reuse: Clothing Tag Bookmarks

    I’m starting to think I’ve got a thing for bookmarks. A few years ago I glued tea tags together to make bookmarks, but now I’m on to something new. Some clothing tags are just too pretty to toss in the recycling bin. Plus, you really don’t need all the info placed on those sometimes oversized…

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  • Abe’s Market Coupon Code

    Abe’s Market provides shoppers with a one-stop place for natural and eco-friendly products like food, toothbrushes, beauty items, toys, baby stuff, pet products, gifts, organic gardening and much more. Abe’s is a blend of online stores like Etsy and your local retail markets like Whole Foods. Plus, they offer reasonable, or free, shipping. Light Green…

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  • Leave No Trace — brilliant aerial photography book

    I’d like to think that we don’t need an aerial photography book to help us appreciate nature and the last wild places in North America, but a new full-color book by photographer Jim Wark and essayist Roderick F. Nash might educate you on just how little you really recognize our wilderness. The book is Leave…

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  • Clumping Litter from Nature: Purr & Simple Kwik Klump Review

    Maybe cats can’t use recycled toilet paper, but they can use litter that’s annually renewable by nature. Purr & Simple Kwik Klump formula is an odor-controlling clumping litter made from a blend of fibrous material from tree-nut crops. It’s 100 percent natural, so it’s also biodegradable and compostable. In June I reviewed the Purr &…

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  • Bringing Petunias Indoors

    My July post on reusing spice jars for flowers has been finding itself several readers, so I thought I’d update with another photo of a different spice jar. I love the simple look of the spice jar labels from Penzeys Spices. It’s almost enough to make me forgive them for not carrying organic spices. The Penzeys labels…

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