or you can plant it to grow more ginger root. Put the root in moist potting soil with the newest buds facing up. Ginger is a tropical plant, so you’ll probably want to keep this one indoors. Green shoots will come up out of the soil and the roots will spread out. After...
You can’t, for example, just put a tote in a compost bin, and only 15 percent of the 30 million tons of cotton produced every year actually makes its way to textile depositories (仓库). Even when a tote does make it to a treatment plant, most dyes used to print logos onto them ...
If you’ve read my previous posts, you will have seen that my house was a cold and leaky home. While I didn’t chase airtightness, I wanted to improve. To be honest, it was hard enough getting my builder to put in double glazed windows, so I really couldn’t face more battles to...
If you're still yet to get on board, now's your chance. Investing in a lovely, bag for life is an easy way to be more eco-friendly every time you shop. 22. Are cotton buds bad for the environment? Believe it or not, there's a whole website dedicated to ending plastic cotton bu...
I always write the date I open a can on the lid so I can stay on top of it. In the case ofPULLED PORK, I put it in the fridge to buy me an extra week or two. If I know for sure I’m not going to use it right away, I’ll put it in the freezer part of my fridge to...
Bananas Before you throw your banana peel in the compost pile, remove any stringy pulp and use the peel as a buffer. This works with silverware as well as leather shoes and leather furniture. Just rub the peel over the object and buffwith a soft cloth. Be sure to test a small section...
Question: do you put the lids on after you put water into jars or after you have boiled the jars in the bath canner. It would seem that you put them on before as that what makes them seal, but I am a new at this and wanting to try canning. So just want to be sure. Thanks fo...
“I’ve designed my whole life around impermanence,” he says. “Everything is extremely simple and impermanent. So when I do decide to be in a relationship, like, it’s usually under the idea that we’re not going to be together forever.” And, he acknowledges, that’s “definitely”...
We all curled up together to watch, “Singin’ in the Rain.” The kids love to watch the video clips on youtube of, “Make ‘Em Laugh” and “Moses”, so I finally just bought the whole movie. They loved it, and I loved curling up with them almost as much as I loved listening...