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Have a Lovely Green Weekend

April 9, 2010 0

Hello, Friends! How has your week been? What are your weekend plans? As long as the weather cooperates, we are going to finally plant our garden in our new raised garden beds. Mr. Sweet Greens designed a garden with 3 separate raised garden beds, so each member of our family gets their own. Isn’t that fantastic? What a great guy! He built the garden beds using materials that we purchased from our local resource store. All of the material had a previous life and now will have a new life in our garden. We are very excited to get started and Eben has already picked out all of the veggies that he wants to plant, including a giant cabbage plant.

How about you, have you planted your garden?

xo,
Sweet Greens

P.S. Stay tuned to Sweet Greens for Earth Week, I have 10 fantastic green giveaways that will be happening that week. You won’t want to miss it.

Love for Our Green Library

April 9, 2010 0

We spend a lot of time at our local library, you could say that we love, love, love our library. At least a couple of times a week, you will find Mr. Sweet Greens, Eben and myself lounging in the window seats, reading a good book. This is truly one of Eben’s favorite after school activities. Our library is super fantastic, not only does it have tons of cozy seats and a fireplace, it was also built certified LEED Platinum by the Green Building Council. Some of the environmentally friendly elements include Forest Stewardship Council Certified wood, low emitting paints, carpets and adhesives and efficient lighting and mechanical fixtures. Oh yeah and the toilets are low flow with cute signs that read, “Pull Up for #1, Press Down for #2.”

Do you love to go to the library?
Is your library a green library?
Does your library have lovely little nooks and crannies to cozy up in?

Green Nature Graffiti by Edina Tokodi

April 9, 2010 0

Since we have been on the subject of guerrilla gardening, I love, love, love these installments by Edina Tokodi. The way the moss looks against our man made environments just blows me away. Make sure to check out her site for more fantastic work. I would love to see these installments all over the country. Fabulous.

Our First Baby Bird Eggs of the Season

April 9, 2010 0

Early last Spring a mother and father Robin built this beautiful nest in a nook on our front porch. Simple stated, I was elated. I have never had a bird build a nest, right outside my office window. Every day I eagerly watched the birds come and go as they brought back grass, sticks, leaves and even some string to build their nest. Shortly after, we had 3 little blue robins eggs in the nest. We were lucky enough to be able to see the little naked peepers once they were born.

Well, guess what? This season, a pair of sparrows has taken up residence in our nest and there are 2 tiny yellow eggs in it. I can’t wait to see these naked little babies too. Isn’t that fantastic?

How about you lovely readers, have you been lucky enough to have birds nest on or near your home?
I would love to see the pictures, you can upload them to The Sweet Greens Eco Flickr Group.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

April 8, 2010 1
I am really enjoying Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. And it isn’t just because Jamie has super cute hair and a fabulous accent. {Ok, that is part of it.} Jamie wants to completely overhaul the American school lunch program by bring in fresh whole foods. Fantastic.

 Eben has never eaten school lunch before and it is for all of the reason’s that Jamie’s Food Revolution exposes. Reason’s such as, french fries categorized as ‘vegetables’ or milk that is pink or brown. In fact, in our home we use ‘school lunch’ as leverage. If Eben doesn’t eat his delicious lunch that we pack for him {usually because he chats more than he eats at lunchtime}, we say, ” If you aren’t going to eat the lunch that we packed for you, then you will have to eat school lunch.” This completely freaks him out, and rarely will he bring home a lunch box full of food.

Even if you send your child off to school each morning with a healthy and yummy lunch, there are other lessons that you can learn from Jamie. Lessons such as the importance of knowing what is in your food, spending time with your family enjoying food and that even elementary aged children should use a knife to cut up their own food.

How about you lovely readers, do you watch Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution?
What do you think of it?
Are you learning anything new?

If you haven’t had a chance to watch it, you can catch up on the episodes here. The trailer is below. You can also learn more about Jamie’s campaigns here.

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