Hello All,
I know that I pretty much gave up keeping this updated quiet a few months back. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed blogging but between doing the garden and green lifestyle and blogging about it, I just was not keeping up! So I am back again in middle of a dark and snowy winter to once again take the reins of a “green” lifestyle and experiment.
My garden unfortunately petered out about midsummer. I did get some fantastic herbs, there was a lot of homemade mint tea and rosemary meats. I got a decent handful of potatoes but I think I crowded them in my excitement. The bulbs that came up were beautiful, I put up some pics of the early ones mostly crocus. I did spend a few solid weeks eating many varieties of lettuce. That was a real treat and proved how easy it was in the cool Seattle climate to get some early greens.
Gardening aside, my eco-friendly household has been pretty steady with its changes. I have not used a standard home cleaning product in at least a year (My one exception is dishwasher soap, it is hard to find a good one!) I successfully cleaned my burnt food covered oven with baking soda, vinegar and elbow grease. It was a real relief to not have to use a conventional oven cleaner; I had a lot of pies to bake for the holidays!!
Of new interest to me are the “no-waste” households I see in the news. Every person has a slightly different way they go about achieving their lifestyle and I am going to be bringing you at least a few posts on this topic. I want to understand how to make the transition and what prevents more households from making these changes. Also there will be lots more book reviews! The subject of “green” is ever-growing on bookstore shelves and I can’t wait to see what’s new!!
Adventures in Green from the Emerald City 
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