Nordstrom – Recycling
If your local shopping mall has a Nordstrom you can recycle your soda can, water bottle or sandwich bag.
They have recycling receptacles near the elevators.
It’s not going to change the world – but it’s better than a trash bin.
I wish my home recycling container looked this great!
Why Choose Greener Products
June 2, 2009 by Tania
Filed under Why Bother?
On the label of every 7th Generation Product
“you are making a difference” tm
“If every household in the U.S. replaced just one box of 48 oz. petroleum based powder laundry detergent with our vegetable based product, we could save 93,200 barrels of oil, enough to heat and cool 5,300 U.S. homes for a year!”
Solve your snail problems naturally: Snails, Snails & More Snails!
Everyday I go to take my daughter to preschool and my front garden bed is full of snails.
They are making a buffet of my hibiscus and leaving their leaves looking like swiss cheese.
Not pretty.
My remedy so far has been picking them up and tossing them into my shrubs on the edge of our yard.
So the hunt for natural remedies has begun:
Eat Them:
I found this suggestion in a few places, our common garden snails – they are the same snails that are served as escargot – so for our gourmets.
Barrier to Entry:
Create a salt barrier – they won’t crawl over it
Egg Shell Barrier – ditto
Human or Animal Hair – they won’t crawl over it – but it sounds a little icky for my taste!
Copper Wire – Frame the perimeter of your garden so they have to crawl over it – it shocks them and they backtrack.
Complementary Planting:
They don’t like some savory plants, like Lavender, rosemary and sage. I noticed that the hibiscus next to my lavender is fine and snail free.
Kill them – Naturally?
Strong Coffee Solution – sprayed on plants and surrounding soil
Help other critter’s enjoy them – Circle of life approach:
Beer
Oatmeal
I think I’m going to start out by trying the salt… but next time I’m at the hardware store I might have to pick up some copper wire.
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