Natural odor eliminators are a great way to make your green home sweet smelling, while you save money over using harsh chemicals. Eliminate pet odors, cooking odors, and more for pennies.
Don’t throw out those leftover slivers of soap! Save them and recycle them into something fun and useful, like fancy guest soaps.
Recycling old towels into rags is what most of us do. Why not make a useful beach tote bag instead?
Don’t toss out those little jars with wax left inside after the wick is burned down. You can have fun recycling those candle scraps into new scented candles, and save money!
Your yard is your domain, and your children’s domain. Using natural and homemade non-toxic pesticides in your organic garden will keep your family and the environment safe.
Cypress mulch is beautiful, but it’s production destroys thousands of old growth cypress trees each year. There are renewable alternatives that will save money and our old growth cypress forests.
Most people at cereal, and of course, cereal boxes are recyclable cardboard. But why not use those recycle those cardboard boxes into something that you can use?
What is better than saving money on your garden seeds? Seed exchanges can get you the seeds you want at a price you love, and make you friends in the process.
Don’t throw those toilet paper rolls away! They have many uses in your garden.
Bored with utilitarian, reusable market bags, fashionable greenies are replacing their plastic bags with designer market bags and canvas totes. Saving the planet never looked so good!
If you want to compost your organic waste, but don’t have room for, or aren’t allowed to have a compost pile, direct composting is the way to go.
Plastic Bottles have a myriad of uses in your home and your garden. Recycling plastic bottles for your gardening is a good way to reduce your carbon footprint.
Would you like to make a living without ever leaving your comfy little urban homestead? Here we discuss just a few of the ways you can make money from your urban homesteading activities.
Do you think you can’t afford solar power for your urban homestead? After reading this article, you may change your mind. There are many ways to use the power of the sun without breaking the bank.
An average home uses 30 percent of its water for outdoor purposes. Using rainbarrels to recycle rainwater can save more than the environment, it can save you money as well.
Most people who decide to pursue urban homesteading already have an established landscape. Finding the space to grow vegetables can create a challenge, but it’s not one that can’t be overcome with creative planning such as cottage gardening, or growing your plants vertically on an apartment patio.
You don’t have to live on a farm to be more self-sufficient. Urban homesteading can turn your city lot into a place where you can grow your own organic food, produce your own energy, and reduce your carbon imprint dramatically.