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Looks like nice book. will

copper sinks — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:29:06 -0600

Looks like nice book. will it have full furnuished details about how to cook. how long i can keep a food warm etc.

The importance of ecotourism.

jimmahon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:10:33 -0600

I have taken over the travel project and traveled so many places so I ouht to myself find the the importance of ecotourism definitely.

Ecotourism have become popular tourism sales pitches. In order to truly understand ecotourism and all of it's attendant pros and cons it is necessary to do some background research.

Heartburn from hell...

Leighbra — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:20:01 -0600

I inherited my father's super fantastic acid reflux, and since we're out in the middle of nowhere, if I have no antacids, I've used baking soda for heart burn.

It works, but you have to be careful about injesting baking soda because of all the sodium. Read the directions, consult your doctor, yada yada nurse CYA.

We actually still use baking soda in the hospitals at times. Sometimes you can't argue with the old methods.

That's a great idea -- an

greenlagirl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:40:58 -0600

That's a great idea -- an economical gift that keeps giving too :) I've gotten small basil plants and other potted herbs as gifts too, and always loved receiving them :)

green LA girl

Extra herbs = holiday gifts

Kaleigh — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:33:51 -0600

Our herb garden is almost embarassingly prolific, so beyond sharing with my neighbors, I've started making various crafty items with them.

Excess rosemary and sage, as well as basil flowers and leaves (and bee balm, lemon balm, chamomile flowers, etc.) are drying for potpourri. They're also wired to grape vine wreaths and hanging in my kitchen. Excess cayenne and jalapeno peppers are drying in a sunny window, also to be attached to a wreath. I'll flavor olive oils and vinegars with various combinations of herbs, and am also trying my hand at soapmaking this year.

These crafts are very low-cost, but high impact. My brother-in-law loves to cook, so he'll get a culinary gift. My mother-in-law is looking forward to receiving a living wreath. I'm having some foreign students over this month for a potpourri-making party - I'll buy a few herbs that I wasn't able to grow, but most of our materials are my garden's excess.

Oh, if you need some rosemary, let me know. That darn bush is trying to take over the world.

Kaleigh
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http://anotherworkingmomcooks.blogspot.com

Great tips

blueberryjunkie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:52:37 -0600

Thanks for these great tips. Ever since I became pregnant with my first child I ditched a lot of toxic products in favour of "green" products. So, I have been buying, and spending a small fortune on anything from laundry detergent, all purpose cleaners, shampoos, etc. I will definitely give baking soda a try, especially for household cleaning applications, and save some money.

Carla

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Great post

prophetlady — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:04:13 -0600

Great article, I also totally dig winter gardening..

forgot I was meant to post this

parker101 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:14:12 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGjV81tqetI (not the best example of this type of Bounty . . . I mean Plenty . . . ad but these two characters have been in these ads for at least 3 years).

@beany, I'm glad the baking

Beth Terry — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:50:04 -0600

@beany, I'm glad the baking soda "shampoo" is working for you this time around. I am impressed, though, that you found a bottle of shampoo that would last an entire year. That's a good second choice, compared to most bottles that last a month.

@midnightbliss, if you do try the baking soda shampoo, please be sure and read the Guide and the Forum at the links I provided. Many people find that their scalp takes a few weeks to adjust if they have been using conventional shampoo and conditioner for a while. You may find you have a case of the greasies for a while until your scalp stops overcompensating for the lack of artificial moisturizers.

@LisaLaGrou, hope the baking soda soak works for you. I think it's a far better alternative than the chemicals in Efferdent. One person I spoke to said she adds vinegar to the solution to make it bubble like Efferdent. But after reading Melanie's post about not mixing vinegar and water, I don't think it's such a great idea.

@kazari, I do think the bubbles from the baking soda/vinegar can help to loosen baked-on yuckiness. However, it's not a good idea to mix them together in a bottle, as you'll end up with nothing more than salt water. Hope the deodorant works out for you! Please feel free to contact me at Fake Plastic Fish (http://fakeplasticfish.com) if you have questions.

@mashadutoit, I'm so sorry to hear about your poor dog, but glad the baking soda helped with the odor at least. That tidbit about little white dogs with the red around their eyes is very interesting. I've certainly noticed it but had no idea what it was from.

Beth Terry
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Doggy Uses

mashadutoit — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:31:22 -0600

That tip about dog urine burns on the lawn is interesting. Going to try that out.

But here is my baking poweder tip - its the only thing that removed the smell of dog urine and vomit from my carpet.

My Anna was incontinent for a while, poor girl, and would leave big wet patches wherever she was lying. Stank like you would not believe.

Nothing worked. Not enzyme cleaners, not vinegar. But sprinkling a very healthy layer of baking powder on the carpet and working it in - leaving for a while and then vacuming it out completely removed all the smell.

Also worked for the time both my dogs vomited fish liver onto the carpet. That was a bad, bad moment.

I need to look it up, but I believe its also good for removing those red stains that white dogs get around their eyes and lips. The red is actually a kind of yeast that grows in the hair.

I didn't know about deoderant...

kazari — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:50:44 -0600

But I've been using bicarb to clean my kitchen for ages. I'm asthmatic, so most of the nasty oven cleaners make me cough. Bicarb works great, though.

I do combine bicarb and vinegar to clean the stove - sprink bicarb, spray with vinegar, and the 'fizzle' cleans it for me!

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Thanks for the Soaking Retainers/Mouth Guards tip

LisaLaGrou — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:43:18 -0600

I, too, have to wear retainers at night to keep my teeth (which are somewhat loose) straight, and to help me when I grind my teeth as well. I use Efferdent to clean them and kill the bacteria. I can't wait to try the Baking Soda. Thanks so much for the tip!

wow i didn't know that

midnightbliss — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:11:36 -0600

wow i didn't know that baking soda has a lot of uses, I like to try is as a deodorant and as a shampoo. thanks

I first began using baking

beany — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:57 -0600

I first began using baking soda instead of shampoo in 2008. It was a failure. My hair was sticky, gooey, and smelled very unpleasant. I had switched straight from evil shampoo to baking soda. I gave up and switched to Giovannis after reading Crunchy Chicken's post. It worked remarkably well and I used very little shampoo and had one bottle last me nearly an entire year.

4 weeks back I decided to give baking soda another go, and it works now! No ickiness, no smell, no nothing. I think the crap that was in my head from using conventional shampoo (even the so called organic brands from Whole Foods) is all gone. I wash my hair about once or twice per week and my hair feels as soft as baby hair.

Would Love to Start Cycling Again...

Lady-Light — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:56 -0600

LadyLight

Haven't been on a bike in at least 5 years. Would love to start, but my bike is toast (we kept it outside, uncovered, for all that time, with all our family's other bikes), and my balance and weight have (ahem) changed since way before then...do I have a chance?