Comments on: Consumerism and the green movement http://www.hippiemommy.com/2008/07/30/consumerism-and-the-green-movement/ The life and thoughts of spunky, funky, little punkie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Realrellim http://www.hippiemommy.com/2008/07/30/consumerism-and-the-green-movement/#comment-13790 Realrellim Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:50:44 +0000 http://www.hippiemommy.com/?p=370#comment-13790 Our neighbor's backyard is entirely xeriscaped and it actually doesn't look all that weird. In the front he has a huge old evergreen and a non-functioning fountain/sculpture of sorts, plus a wood porch. The backyard is basically a large concrete patio with a large shed. I think there are a couple of spots where it's possible to grow flowers, but they are very small beds. Our neighbor’s backyard is entirely xeriscaped and it actually doesn’t look all that weird. In the front he has a huge old evergreen and a non-functioning fountain/sculpture of sorts, plus a wood porch. The backyard is basically a large concrete patio with a large shed. I think there are a couple of spots where it’s possible to grow flowers, but they are very small beds.

]]> By: amanda http://www.hippiemommy.com/2008/07/30/consumerism-and-the-green-movement/#comment-13754 amanda Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:32:19 +0000 http://www.hippiemommy.com/?p=370#comment-13754 Ooh! Do you have pics of your yard? That's so cool! Did you see that they show you how to make the self-watering containers in _Urban Homestead_? That was one of the projects that I wanted to try. Please post if you make them, because I'd love to hear how it goes! Ooh! Do you have pics of your yard? That’s so cool!

Did you see that they show you how to make the self-watering containers in _Urban Homestead_? That was one of the projects that I wanted to try. Please post if you make them, because I’d love to hear how it goes!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.hippiemommy.com/2008/07/30/consumerism-and-the-green-movement/#comment-13753 Sarah Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:01:17 +0000 http://www.hippiemommy.com/?p=370#comment-13753 We tore up our front lawn when we moved in this house this summer and it's all garden. It's kindof unnerving at first to have a dirt front lawn but now it looks wonderful. I hope to pack even more plants into that space next year. I confess that I was lusting after the Hannaford bags- they just fold up so small. So my mil bought me a couple. Dh does our grocery shopping and refuses to use them because he argues (as you do) that we have perfectly good canvas bags that we've been using successfully all along. As for making green things out of supplies you have already: I'm going to try and make a self watering container for plants and I want to figure out how to make a rain harvester. I'd love to see your solar oven and hear how you made it. We tore up our front lawn when we moved in this house this summer and it’s all garden. It’s kindof unnerving at first to have a dirt front lawn but now it looks wonderful. I hope to pack even more plants into that space next year.
I confess that I was lusting after the Hannaford bags- they just fold up so small. So my mil bought me a couple. Dh does our grocery shopping and refuses to use them because he argues (as you do) that we have perfectly good canvas bags that we’ve been using successfully all along.
As for making green things out of supplies you have already: I’m going to try and make a self watering container for plants and I want to figure out how to make a rain harvester. I’d love to see your solar oven and hear how you made it.

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