Valentine’s Day: A big celebration day for florists around the world! In the U.S., it’s their number one holiday with as much as 20% of annual business. According to a CBS report, Americans will spend $1.7 billion on flowers for their sweeties. And you? As one of the long-time ads in the States says, you certainly [...]
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The best ways to say “I love you”
Posted in Buy Local, carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Gift Giving, Local Food, Organic Food, tagged eco-friendly gift giving, fair trade flowers, organic flowers, organic gifts, valentine's day on February 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The well-traveled yogurt
Posted in Buy Local, carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Environment, local eating, Local Food, Local harvest, Organic Food on February 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
While I’ve been busy doing research and experimentation on the best and simplest way to make yogurt, you might think that Nils has been sitting back and just enjoying the fruits of his wife’s new passion. Au contraire! Or I should say (in German) Im Gegenteil! During my ventures into the world of lactobacillus, Nils was looking for a [...]
Week 50: Greening toward 2011
Posted in Buy Local, carbon footprint, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, Plastic, Water conservation, tagged Green Resolutions, re-purpose, recycle, reduce, reuse on December 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Garbage day on our farm in South Africa doesn’t mean rolling a big green garbage bin out to the front lawn for pick-up. It means, hauling the bag(s) into the back of the car and driving 40 minutes on mostly country roads to our dump. This is what we saw during Week 50. I believe [...]


