We would be in a downright pickle if we weren’t able to shop for our fruit and vegetables because of food shortages. City slickers drive down to their favorite shop and buy their groceries; whereas country folk know a thing or two about growing their own. Most people living in the country have to travel […]
Archives for May 2012
Quality Glass Casserole Dishes & Where To Buy
Finding a high quality glass casserole dish isn’t always easy. In the past, while shopping at various retail stores, I found most glass baking dishes were poorly manufactured. While browsing online for glass casserole dishes, I came across a company called “Kitchenware Superstore” who sells Pyrex glassware in various sizes with or without glass lids. […]
Natural Pet Shampoo and Soap to Help Ward Off Ticks/Fleas
Enchanted Waters have made a pet soap for humans. Yes, that’s right; your pet can share more than your bed with you. Dawg Island is an all natural flea and tick shampoo bar with potent natural essential oils to calm, heal and safeguard your pet as well as protecting the whole family from unwanted pests. […]
The Art of Spinning Fiber: “Hand Spun” by Lexi Boeger
Are you an “old hand” at ‘carding’ and ‘spinning’ or are you just in the need of a challenge in trying something new? Then Hand Spun (Quarry Books, Feb. 2012), by Lexi Boeger, is the book for you. Her recent book is based upon her other books Handspun Revolution and Intertwine; (both Quarry Books). Lexi […]
Raw Food Carob Desserts by Philip McCluskey & Heather Pace
When I was a child I would be the last one left at the dinner table. I’d be ‘toying’ over my food for hours. It wasn’t the fact that I didn’t want to eat. I could only tolerate foods in small amounts and depending on what I ate whether it agreed with my bowel. My […]
Natural Clothing Manufactured by Wholesaler Sam Vegetable Colours Pvt. Ltd
When a company representative from Sam Vegetable Colours Pvt. Ltd contacted me to see if I was interested in reviewing some of their natural clothing samples which have all been colored with natural dyes, I was quite happy to spread the word for them. Hand Loomed Natural Fiber Scarves 50% Pure Silk/50% Bamboo Scarf: This […]
Alkalizing Raw Food Recipes Prepared by Chef Sal: Book Review
Since reading and reviewing Judita Wignall’s book “Going Raw”, I have hungered to learn more about the benefits of eating raw fruit and vegetables as well as how to prepare them. My desire to nourish my body with foods that are alive has given me an insight into how raw foods ‘fuel’ my body and […]
Eco Art Project Book for DIY Artists
It is possible that the artist Vincent Van Gogh may have suffered from mental illness and other afflictions caused by handling the oil paints he was using as well as inhaling the paint fumes. His oil paint pigments included chrome yellow (lead and chromium), cadmium yellow (cadmium), chrome orange (lead and chromium) and vermillion (mercury) […]
Save Time Preparing Meals With A Vitamix High Performance Blender
My grandmother, my mothers’ mother, was a cook by profession. I never had the opportunity to get to know her as she passed away 6+ years before I came into this world. I did not inherit my grandmothers’ love for cooking and I never wanted to spend long standing difficult tiring hours preparing food and […]
Raw Food Guide for Making Tasty Meals Daily
How many of you remember being told as a child to eat your heated greens and carrots as they are good for you and in fact carrots are the reason why rabbits have excellent eye sight? Well, do rabbits eat cooked carrots? 80% of my diet now consists of raw food and even though it […]