Tuesday Tips, Week 28
This week’s Tuesday Tip is wash your laundry in cold water. My job doesn’t require me to get very dirty, at least not normally (unless you want to count dirty little hands touching me!) So my clothes usually are lightly worn and don’t require much more than a cold wash using my home-made laundry detergent. Tip # 28: Wash your laundry in cold water. Cold Water Costs Less Though I still must pay for the water and electricity, I don’t have the added expense of gas to...
Read MoreTuesday Tips, Week 21
This week’s Tuesday Tip, air dry your wash. I’ve been trying to sun dry my lightly used towels to reduce the amount of laundry I do, and I’ve also been much better about air drying my laundry to save energy and money. Tip #21: Use the warm summer sun to air dry your laundry! Air drying your laundry saves money. Instead of using electricity to dry a load of laundry, let nature take care of it. My husband installed an inexpensive shower rod directly above the washer and...
Read MoreTuesday Tips, Week 9
This week’s Tuesday Tip, reducing your water usage! Living in Southern California with our limited amount of rainfall has made me realize that water is a precious resource. Try as I might to keep a green lawn the majority of the year, I usually lose this battle by mid-June; no rain equals brown grass. So, I’ve learned to make the best of the little rain fall we do receive. Tip #9: Reduce your water usage. Reducing your water usage saves you money. The less household water...
Read MoreMini Gardens, or Landscaping on the Cheap
Though I dream of owning a home in the near future and landscaping a yard into an outdoor oasis, for now I must settle for small containers that are easy to care for and light-weight for mobility. Living in an arid region, I’m well aware of the variety of drought tolerant plants, like ornamental feather grasses, lavendar, and succulents. Usually these types of plants are very low maintenance and require little care and water. However, once you place them in a container or pot, instead...
Read MoreRainwater Collection Ideas
I’ve been researching some ways to “green” up an existing home, in case we end up purchasing a “fixer-upper”. Some of these ideas are less inexpensive, like losing the lawn and planting drought-tolerant plants in a semi-arid region, others are more expensive like installing solar panels and running a portion of your household energy off of it, then reselling the excess to your utility company (a sweet deal!). But an idea I researched a while back, and the recent...
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