Coating Veggies/Marinating
Coat your veggies for roasting or marinate foods in a reusable container. Glass will hold up longer and wash cleaner than plastic so keep that in...
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Plastic Food Bags
Don't forget to recycle your food plastic bags. With COVID is can be harder to get items from bulk bins in brick and mortar stores right now. If you...
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Compost Animal Fur
Animal fur can go in curbside compost carts. Sunday was the spring shearing of our fluffy dog. She fills up two kitchen compost bags, each 2.5...
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Repair/Rethink: Yard Sign Holders
I feel like I'm the only one with this issue but I'm going to share it anyway. My yard signs move all the time. They get blown down, knocked sideways...
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Snack Mix Packaging
If you purchase packaged snacks, I recommend you start getting familiar with the How2Recycle label. This label is showing up on more and more...
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DIY Dry Shampoo
I want to share what I do for dry shampoo. We were on a boil water notice here in Austin last week until yesterday so I was relying heavily on my dry...
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Make Your Own Waterproof Waders
It snowed and iced a lot here in Texas last week. We were not prepared clothing-wise. Austin doesn't get real snow, mostly ice when it does get cold...
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Greeting Cards: Sound and Motion
Valentine's Day is coming up. It's probably the most greeting card-heavy holiday of the year. When thinking about which card(s) to pick this year...
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Citrus: Fresh, Plastic or Glass
I don't use lemon juice a lot but the last time I needed some for a recipe I saw how many options there were. The same options for lemons will apply...
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Donate Paper Bags
Most people have lots of paper bags and other grocery bags right now. Many of us are doing curbside pickup and delivery for daily essentials. You may...
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