Gardening in AZ

This blog had a whole bunch of links to gardening in AZ, and I was too lazy to reproduce them on mine.

SO GO HERE and use theirs.

You can compost that?

75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn't

Urine?? Really? This article is worth the read.

What do Labels mean?

If you are slowly going natural with me--you are realizing that there are tons of labels on things. And what do they mean?

THIS ARTICLE explains them.

Use Toothpaste

Do you have somewhere in your house that your kid wrote pencil all over?

I do.

Use toothpaste.

I think it works for pen and maybe marker as well.

Fantastic right?

Natural Sweeteners

Found a good little blog post on alternative sweeteners.

Go HERE.

Dirty Dozen

You've heard of the dirty dozen right? If not--they are the 12 vegetables/fruits that retain more pesticides than others. So it is suggested that when you consume those--that you buy organic. I found a chart here that tells you about the dirty dozen, and then also the other fruits/vegetables that retain the least pesticides and are ok to purchase non-organic.




ARTICLE HERE

It's a Sunscreen Summer

Sun screens always seem so chemical to me. So if you are looking for something that is not so harsh, but still works click to see A LIST OF THE SAFEST SUNSCREENS.



Look HERE for tips on SunScreen--I thought it was helpful.

The site had other articles that were very informative. Take some time to look around.

Happy swimming!