Step by step to a greener lifestyle. Easy greening for families! We are a husband and wife team who want to help others get started living greener and saving money by doing simple and affordable things that make a big difference in your community and the world.
Saturday, three days after we installed our new bees, I went into the kitchen and heard a significant buzzing in our backyard. I looked out the back window and saw what looked like 10,000 bees flying around our backyard. I realized immediately, … [Continue reading]
We were very excited when our beehive finally arrived - about a year after we had decided to go in jointly on a beehive. We were very excited to build it and decided to work on it together as a group. Amazingly, it wasn't long before we found a time … [Continue reading]
This year on our annual camping trip I was sitting with my young friend by the fire making doughboys and discussing why some people like dogs and some don’t. She’s a huge fan of dogs and told me she likes them so much because they are soft and … [Continue reading]
It turns out, if you want to buy 10,000 bees and a queen bee in New England, you have to plan early. In February we received confirmation that our Flow Hive would ship in late March and realized we needed to get the bees to go with it. As we … [Continue reading]
Every day I drive the carpool to school and we drive past lots of yards. Some have gardens, some have bushes, some have scraggly grass, some have grass with brown spots, but a couple are absolutely, perfectly green. They don't have any weeds, … [Continue reading]
We have bees. Not an infestation, but an actual honey beehive that we have setup in our backyard. Luckily, it's legal here, because we've had some problems. Last year, I spotted the Flow Hive Indiegogo crowd funding campaign … [Continue reading]
A great agreement is being signed today, April 22, 2016, but even if all countries do what they are agreeing to, we will still have catastrophic climate change. Encourage your government to do more. Setting personal examples, showing a willingness … [Continue reading]
We haven't been blogging much over the past year and I suspect some people wonder why - other than we both work full time and have three kids! There's always a lot going on in our lives, but this year I think these three phrases encapsulate the … [Continue reading]
The one team that I care about playing in Super Bowl 50 NFL Championship game is team Solar! Levi's Stadium in San Francisco has 375 kW of solar panels that generate enough electricity each year to power all of the 49ers home games. … [Continue reading]
Today President Barack Obama gave what I consider the best climate change speech ever when he announced the rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline. However, when I first tried to watch the speech, by going to well known news sites, like USA … [Continue reading]
Our trusty Toro Electric Snow Blower died during the first blizzard of 2015 that slammed us with 2 feet of snow. I originally thought I could repair it by replacing the broken blade, but unfortunately the motor had also reached the end of it’s usefulness. Fortunately, I was able to buy a new Snow Joe […]
We recently purchased a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan and we drove over 25 days and 887 miles before our first fill up at the pump. Over that time we only used 13.3 gallons of gasoline, which works out to 66.7 MPG for a 7 passenger minivan. We have been charging the batteries whenever we can […]
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