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5 Reasons to Love Soap Berries + How to Use Them

5 Reasons to Love Soap Berries + How to Use Them Soap nuts (sometimes called “soap berries”) are probably the most sustainable cleaning product on the market. Most commercial detergents contain chemical surfactants, some of which (such as 1,2-Dioxane) have been shown to be carcinogenic and volatile. But soap nuts are all-natural and have been …

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5 Must Do Things To Keep Kids Safe Online

5 Must Do Things To Keep Kids Safe Online Many young children learn to use a touchpad or touchscreen way before they can read or write, using colors and symbols instead of words to navigate around websites in order to get to a video or game they like. Whatever the age of your kids, it’s important …

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5-Ingredient Strawberry Breakfast Pastries

5-Ingredient Strawberry Breakfast Pastries Fresh sweet fruit, sweet cream cheese filling on top of a buttery toasted golden puff pastry melts in your mouth with every bite. Sprinkle with powered sugar, and eat slightly warm. PERFECTION! What you will need: puff pastry, cream cheese, strawberry jam, strawberries, egg and powdered sugar (optional). This recipe by Kelly Senyei of …

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5 iPhone Apps to Help You Live Green

5 iPhone Apps to Help You Live Green Want to go green? There are lots of apps for that. If you have trouble separating the green from the greenwashing, want to reduce your vehicle’s carbon footprint, are trying to eat local, or wish you could help plant trees in areas affected by deforestation, there are …

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5 Easy Steps to Organic Weed Control for Beds & Borders

5 Easy Steps to Organic Weed Control for Beds & Borders Blistered hands and aching backs are common complaints after digging or hoeing (mine is!!). If you were to track every hour spent in your garden, you would probably find that you do an inordinate amount of weeding. And while the first few weeks of …

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