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tree stump
“‘Well,’ said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, ‘well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest.’ And the boy did. And the tree was happy.” ~ Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree … Read entire article »
Filed under: Around the House, Around the Town, Go Green
Theres a Word for That: kWh
In honor of Earth Day, my TWT posts will center on energy and “green” concepts this month. kWh stands for Kilowatt Hour, which is the measure of energy used by your electric company to figure your bill. A kilowatt hour is equivalent to using 1000 watts of electricity in one hour. You can figure how many kilowatt hours an electrical appliance uses by multiplying its wattage by the amount of time you are using it, and dividing by 1000. So, for example, (caution! english major doing math here!) if you have a 100 watt light bulb in your lamp, and you have the lamp on for one hour, you use 0.1 kWh of electricity. If you keep that same lamp on for 10 hours, you’ve used 1 kWh. You can use this … Read entire article »
Filed under: Around the House, Go Green, Spending Less, There's a Word for That
Local Food Event
In case you missed it in the comments section of my Hungry Kids post, Brooke over at Parenting from Scratch tipped me off to this great event that addresses local food AND hungry kids. Sounds like an excellent way to spend the evening. Join the ROOT for a Friday Night Dinner on Friday, April 9th, 2010, at Christ Episcopal Church (6th and Scott in downtown Little Rock). Enjoy a sit-down meal made from delicious local ingredients followed by a presentation from the Arkansas Rice Depot, Arkansas’ only statewide food-bank network, about their 28 years of important work combating hunger in Arkansas. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for kids. Please RSVP to therootcafe@yahoo.com and specify meat or vegetarian … Read entire article »
Filed under: Around the Town, Go Green
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
This is a guest post by Craig Rechkemmer in response to my previous post about our new garden. Nice piece… you forgot the instructions of how to build a raised garden bed. Step 1: Ask hubby (If needed, mention the Pioneer Woman‘s husband) Step 2: Point to area of yard for desired raised garden bed location Step 3: Check area previously pointed to 6 hours later Step 4: Take picture of hubby finishing up Step 5: Plant seeds according to garden … Read entire article »
Filed under: Garden, Go Green, Guest Blogger
How Does Your Garden Grow?
As part of my quest to feed my family more local foods, I have been wishing for a garden. Not a big garden, because I have no idea what I am doing. Just a little garden that we can try out; a place to grow a few vegetables and maybe some flowers; a fun spot for the kids to use their little garden trowels and get dirty. And, of course, we would need to take care of the trees we already have in the backyard. I suggest you can navigate to this website, if you need some tree work around your house. I love to pick things, and I think the kids will get a big kick out of eating things they have grown themselves. Last time when I had been to … Read entire article »