Read this before you buy your next Live Christmas Trees this holiday season. I visited a multi-generational 60+ year old Christmas Tree farm to find out everything there is to know about these trees. Learn which trees to buy, how to care for them, and what makes Christmas tree farms so sustainable. Introduction While we …
Learn how to improve indoor air quality in your home with these actionable steps. Whether you live in a polluted city or suffer from the smoke of wildfires, implementing these methods will improve your quality of life and air quality at home.
In the event of a total loss, disaster, or catastrophic event, filing an insurance claim for your home can be incredibly stressful. Without knowing how the process works or how insurance company’s claims adjusters process your claim, you can potentially lose out on the true value of your home, and make the filing process significantly harder to complete.
When it comes to choosing sustainable paper products, it turns out there are a lot of factors to consider. Contributors to sustainability include natural resource conservation, renewable energy for manufacturing, emissions, recyclable products, supply chain transparency, social impact, and good stewardship. A lot goes into those Vanity Fair napkins, Brawny paper towels, and Angel Soft rolls of toilet paper. Learn what one company, Georgia-Pacific, is doing to address these concerns, and how to choose sustainable paper products for yourself.
This raised bed update is sponsored by Miracle-Gro. Three years ago, I decided to build three really cool looking raised beds for my garden. These would be unlike anything I have ever done before. I went for not only function, but style. You can check out my original post and DIY guide here for my Metal …
Growing food in metal raised garden bed is a crucial step in one of my house goals. I love the zen of combining beauty and function. I was able to turn a pretty ugly portion of the yard into a thing of beauty. After days of deliberation over logistics, size, aesthetics, and cost between the …
In the search for different types of entertainment during life under stay-at-home, I discovered beer which ships right to your door, via the Hopsy SUB Home Tap. With breweries closed and options slim at the grocery store, I ordered a machine along with 4 mini-kegs. The Hopsy SUB Home Tap is run independently under Krups, …
Whether you are a homeowner or a renter, this home maintenance checklist can help ensure life at home is smoother. Keeping your home well-maintained can both reduce big expenses and extend the time between replacing large-ticket items. To be completely transparent, I already knew and practiced a good amount of these. However, putting them to …
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Whether you’re in it to help save the environment or you’re in it for the significant reduction in your electricity bill, the need for an energy-efficient home is apparent. The drive for a greener home is not just something that’s espoused by environmentalists, it is something that we could really use, given how we’ve seen …
Now that almost everyone is to stay at home to prevent the spread of the pandemic, people are dealing with a sudden concern of bigger electricity bills. Kids are busy playing on their gadgets, teens binge-watching shows on Netflix, and adults frequently monitoring the news. If a household can be this busy during the lockdown, …