Happy Earth Day!

It’s just amazing the difference a year can make…. here we are in 2008, and the environment is once again at the top of the list of Canadians’ concerns.  It’s about time. 

The wonderful thing about green being the new black (and yes, I mean that in a fashion sense!) is that the products that we used to search for, are now so readily available.  It’s great.  So to celebrate this Earth Day, I thought I’d share some successes we’ve had over the last year - some of our favorite products, some of the choices we’ve made. 

Our fav products

  

Method - wood polish -  grapefruit all purpose (Jrock’s fav) - stainless polish - leather wipes
Thanks to my best bud for introducing me to these products a couple years ago.  Available at all Shoppers Drug Marts!

   

Nature Clean, EcoVer, 7th Generation and Green-Vert are also great brands… sometimes available at Save-on-Foods, sometimes only at natural or organic stores. 
Nature Clean DisherWasher Rinse - Nature Clean Fabric Softener - EcoVer Clothes Washing Fluid

Some other changes we’ve made - setting up a clothes line!  It’s not only better for the electricity bill and corresponding emissions… putting your clothes out on the line has three benefits:
1. stronger arms
2. you’re not heating up a hot house in the summer
3. amazing smelling sheets and clothes

The only trouble was FINDING a clothes line.  Who knew - I found all I needed at Canadian Tire, in a neat little package.  Just don’t tell the phone company that one end is screwed into the telephone post in the alley
Our last example: the lawnmower.  Let me tell you, this took a LOT of convincing!!!! Jrock was dead against an electric lawnmower.  But we got one, cordless, and he loves it.  It’s quiet, works nicely, and never needs to be refilled with gas (obviously!) so we don’t need to keep any gas in the shed, either.

See how pleased he is with his new toy!

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If you’d like one of your own… we bought ours at Home Depot, but there are cordless electrics at every hardware store now.  Click on the pic of the lawnmower to check it out.

So… next year?!?!? Well, I’m working on planting a big fruit and vegetable garden so we can grow a bunch of our own food.  Hopefully we’ll have some pictures as that starts to shape up.  You can see the yard consists of a swath of grass and a big compost heap.  A lot of work to do….