By Judi on Jun 19, 2009 in Being Green, Featured | 0 Comments
Remember when doing things green and natural meant you were one of “those” people? You know the ones, the hippies, the ones dressed in tie-dye, the ones that didn’t shower … and the list goes on…
But lately all that is changing. More and more you hear on the news, on the TV how cool it is to be green. How it is the latest thing to do things the all natural way. The way that is better for the environment.
It is now cool to be natural. It is the in thing to be green. But the more we say it, the more it becomes the trend, the more we are left scratching our heads wondering what being green and natural really is. Do we know?
What do we do around the house to make our house a greener house? That is besides forgetting to mow the lawn, last week our puppy was really green!
I want to encourage you to check back regualarly to see what our weekly green tip is. It may be something that you already know, or it may be something that is totally new for you. You just never know do you?
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By Judi on Feb 23, 2009 in Being Green, Featured | 0 Comments
Well it seems to have been a long winter here in Northwest Wisconsin. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for it to warm up just a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I love the cold and the snow, but I am starting to get a bad case of cabin fever.
Lately I have been plotting and planning what I will be planting outside. I am planning the herb garden, the vegetable garden and the flower garden.
What are your spring plans for your home? Are you just itching to get out and plant your garden?
Don’t worry I think that spring is just around the corner, well it is on my calender anyways!
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By Judi on Feb 23, 2009 in Natural Home, Natural Ingredients, Natural Soap | 0 Comments
I like to tell people that making soap from scratch is where it all started for me. But in reality that isn’t where living green started, but we are just going to save that for another article. Today we are going to start with making soap from scratch.
My passion is making soap from scratch. What does this involve? Well soon I will be able to direct you to my site Soap of Course, but for right now I am just going to give you a short version.
Soap is actual a chemical reaction between an acid and a base. That would be the science geek in my by the way.
You find your oils. These can range from the grocery store variety of olive, soybean and canola to the type you have to get at your health food store such as coconut and palm oils. These are the basic oils, but then you can add such things as cocoa butter and bees wax. You can get really into soap making and get things such as grapeseed, apricot, sweet almond oil and butters such as mango and shea.
But no matter what oils that you use you have to have the right combination. These oils and butters are measured out by weight and put into a formula.
