What have you made either to eat or in your home that required only "green" things

Such as Salsa from my garden, or refurrbished a chair for my house for examples.

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor

How many of you have collected enough water in your rain barrels to water your garden or grass?



Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor/Green Team Member

Who is canning the last of their garden picks?
And what will you be canning?

How did you learn to can?


Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor/Green Team Member

Dear lovers of this earth,

Tell us on this first day (officially) of Autumn what will you be doing in your garden? Will you move plants inside? Do you have a greenhouse? And are you making a difference in your own home?


Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor/Green Team Member

I have been moving the house plants indoors, which means much pruning, repotting and cleaning them up; meanwhile rearranging things inside to accomodate them again. Sadly I must let the big old (35+years)Oleander go. It has a bad case of scale insects and they have resisted everything I have tried all summer long to get rid of them. However, I have a clean 3 year old clone of the Oleander that is about 3 1/2 ft. tall, beginning to branch and bloom so it will still be with me. There are still about 5-6 plants to bring in, including the biggest one, a 45 year old tangerine tree that brushes the ceiling. The first frost is still a few days away, but I dare not waste any more time.

Claybird, your job sounds large~keep up the good work~
If it does not rain I will be out clearing and geting more bulbs into the ground.

Thank you for sharing!

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor/Green Team Member

Dear readers of tea and green kitchen lovers,

What if any green thing are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you do an eco-friendly farm? Did you raise your own? What other "green" ideas for the holidays do you have?

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor/Green Team Member

NBC tv is making a committment to go green!

They are committing to sustainability! go to: Greenisuniversal(dot)com to sign up for green tips, learn more & pledge, play and sweepstakes!

Save trees pledge and use a reusable mug! Join major cities as they do: NYC, Chgo, LA!

You can make a difference in this world one tiny little thing at a time!

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor
Green Team Member

Cosmetics go green too! Mark (Avon Cosmetics) are the hipper & trendier part of the Avon company and they are selling bath soaps with white tea extract in them and these products are certified Fair-Trade. They are called Clean Up Time bar soap.

While I have no affiliation with this company & am not receiving compensation for this mention, I mentioned it because the cosmetics companies arelistening and now responding to "green" offerings.

MAry Caliendo
Tea Editor
Green Team Member

Who and what have you "Upcycled" today? Do you reuse? Do you recycle? Do you do your best to "Recreate"?

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor
Green Team Member