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Lumber, Lumber, Everywhere

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. . . but until it dries, nary a board to build with. It’s bittersweet to part with a fine, big, hardwood tree you’ve grown to appreciate for its shade and beauty, BUT. . . . . . when you can have it milled into gorgeous lumber it takes the sting right out of the [...]

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Soap and Water? Surely not!

Cleaning Products

“Surely not!” This is what I thought when I heard TL say that if she wanted her kitchen floor to stay clean she had to get down on it with a scrub brush every week or so.  With soap and water?  Hot water, even.  And the baseboards?  Every other month. Surely not! Then, when I [...]

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Practically Green: Excavations show what’s really down in the dumps

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The scientists are fighting in the news again over global warming. A Nobel Prize-winning physicist resigned from the American Physical Society over its position that global warming is an “incontrovertible” fact. Lots of angry technical things were said back and forth that I do not understand. And I think I’m not going to spend a [...]

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Practically Green: A Guide to Well-Priced All-Natural Meat and Dairy

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Organic meats are pricey. I can’t bring myself to spend that kind of money every day. Can you? But I have been persuaded recently that hormone-free, artificial-preservative-free animal products are important for my family’s health. So I’ve gone on a hunt looking for sources that fit in my budget. Milk: Aldi’s Friendly Farms brand milk [...]

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Practically Green: Transition to cloth diapers fraught with hang-ups

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My 4-month-old is watching me as I write this week’s column. On her adorable behind is my first foray into cloth diapers. I confess that I didn’t join the cloth diaper brigade for green aspirations alone. Or even primarily. After three other children, I am simple tired of buying disposable diapers. I’m also tired of [...]

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