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A crumbling old retaining wall no more than four feet wide fronting a weed nest hole of the same size was wrecking the visual harmony of my house. Wouldn't it be nice, I thought, since there's already a hole dug out, to turn this into a little water feature with a bridge. That was twelve years ago and the beginning of my journey into being a pond keeper.

If you care about your environment and your finances you may be interested to know that on average 30% of our purchased food gets throw away.

Green Cleaning is a healthy process you can apply to clean your home without effecting the environment in any adverse way. This type of cleaning is a major shift from conventional cleaning methods. In conventional cleaning, the agents we use are in most cases, chemically reactive and toxic. Almost all of these products exude Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which are fairly damaging for your lungs and skin, besides other having undesirable effects.

It's a small thing, but surprisingly, really makes a big difference:

My husband and I have begun re-using the water in the kitchen after rinsing fruits and vegetables or washing the dishes. We capture the water in a re-usable container and transfer it to outdoors containers as necessary, which we then use to water our annuals and perennials (in addition to catching rainwater in barrels).

Do you want to help save the environment but prefer to keep your hands clean? Well now you can help plant a new forest from the comfort of your home. My'It'Things will plant 10 trees for every green article submitted through its website, with a goal of planting ten thousand trees. Best of all, the writer of the best 'green' article on the site will be awarded $1,000!