You have probably seen my call to eat vegetarian on occasion, but my guess is that so far you have not made any long term changes to your diet. Now, I know that I cannot force you dear reader to eat vegetarian; however, perhaps Mark Bittman (NY Times Food Writer) can convince you to lighten [...]

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As you may have noticed Green Me has been significantly less prolific in her blogging of late. My excuse? First off, my strawberry plants arrived a few days ago, but due to March going out like a LION I had not yet prepped my garden. So, while the plants patiently wait in my fridge and, [...]

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Recently the NY Times and the Guardian (UK) have published articles purporting that locally grown foods are often worse, or at the least no better, for the environment than ones flown in from places like Kenya. Frankly, I don’t really think their argument holds water — other than pointing out that nothing in life is [...]

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An ongoing discussion in our home, which is 12 years old, is when to replace appliances. Do we wait until they conk out? Or do we replace them with more energy efficient models as our budget allows? Since moving in 2 years ago, we’ve already had to replace the water heater and the dishwasher. The [...]

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