Simple, Summertime Recipes Using Fresh, Garden Ingredients

Summer is here and what better way to enjoy your garden than creating fresh recipes from the produce you grew yourself! My favorite childhood memories are during the summer when my mom would be gardening in our front yard. I was either playing in the kiddie pool, riding my bike down the long, dirt driveway, […]
Beat the Heat Efficiently: DIY Sustainable AC under $20

It is summertime and the weather is sweltering. What do you do to stay cool? Maybe try one of these DIY sustainable AC you can make for under $20! The 5 Gallon bucket What you need: 5 Gallon Bucket w/ Top Bucket Liner or bait bucket that can fit inside the 5 gallon bucket (serves […]
Sunscreen Recall Ignites Concerns: Banana Boat Users Catching Fire

If you thought sunscreen keeps you from burning, think again. There have been five reports of people catching fire after applying sunscreen in the last year. Four burn cases were reported in the U.S. and one in Canada. The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products in Canada and the […]
VIDEO – Survival Gardening In The Heat with Marjory Wildcraft

From Marjory Wildcraft’s GrowYourOwnGroceries.org Growing food in your backyard when its over 100 degrees for more than three months? How do you do that? If you are looking for something more than the usual “mulch and drip irrigation” answer…. Find out what the old-timers used to do, what plants will work the best, what not […]