Spring and summer deliver the weather we’ve yearned for all winter long, but along with these seasons come the creepy, crawly critters we’d rather not welcome into our homes. It might be enticing to deter them with a quick commercial spray or chemical, but...
Today is World Environment Day and one of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) challenges for consumers is to purge plastics. "It takes one minute to throw out a plastic bag you've used once. It takes less than that to down a bottle of water," states the...
Spring brings a little more than just beautiful blooms and balmy temperatures. It’s a bit of an oxymoron that, as soon as Mother Nature delivers some beautiful weather, many of us start sneezing and suffering with watery, itchy eyes. What should be a wonderful...
Composting in the Summer Has Its Opportunities and Challenges That compost pile you started in the fall probably came to a complete stop in the composting process due to the extreme cold temperatures we had this past winter. But, now that spring has sprung and...
This weekend marks the unofficial beginning of the summer barbecue season and is the time when we celebrate everything great about eating and entertaining outdoors. Is your outdoor space ready? Whether you have a magnificent backyard patio or a small urban...
Holiday party planning are three words that bring with them a unique mix of stress, excitement and fear. We love parties – giving them, going to them and even cleaning up after them – but the holiday party season isn’t always at the top of everyone’s list of things...