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Mary Jane’s Organic Farm and Bed and Breakfast

November 17, 2009 7

Lately I have been thinking that the mister and myself need a weekend away, alone together. We have plenty of date nights, but to get away for the entire weekend alone with no responsibilities, no agendas, just quiet time alone, sounds lovely to me. Where to go? Hmmm. How about Moscow, Idaho. Yes, I said Idaho. You have to see Mary Jane’s Farm and Bed and Breakfast, once you see if you will be start to think Idaho sounds lovely.

Mary Jane has a lovely organic farm with a series of wall tents with wooden floors, fabulous sheets, no electricity, an outdoor kitchen and a lovely clawed footed tub for a nice hot bath a la nature.
Wouldn’t it be lovely to lay with your lover in a hammock over looking the farm? How about taking a nice steaming bath together in the outdoor claw footed tub? Listening to the birds together? and enjoy the quiet sound of the farm together?
I would love to go for the weekend. Thoughts? 

Green Your Holiday:: Eco Friendly Stockings from Etsy.

November 17, 2009 6

The Beehivery’s Handmade Stockings from recycled Fair Trade coffee bags.

Are you getting excited for the upcoming holidays? I definitely am. I love everything about the holidays and thought these Eco friendly stocking that I found on Etsy are perfect.

I still have the stocking that my mother gave me my first Christmas. Whenever I see it, I smile and think back to those years. The stocking has always been my favorite holiday item. I think it is because you can only see the few small gifts popping out the top and you never know what you will find at the very bottom. Every year, I would save my stocking gifts to open very last. My mom would always fill our stockings with fun little things, my favorite was always the holiday lip balm. I have continued this tradition with Eben, with organic lip balm of course. Are you looking for a fab handmade stocking for your loved ones.

Here are some of my favorites from Etsy:

Mandinka’s Handmade Stockings made from Recycled men’s suits.
Mrowe’s Handmade Stockings made from upcycled wool sweaters.
What type of stockings hang from your chimney with care?

XO.

Green Community:: Sandoway House Nature Center

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Another fabulous nature center that we visited on our trip to Southern Florida is Sandoway House Nature Center in Delray Beach, Florida. Surprisingly, in all of the years that we lived in Southern Florida, this was our first visit to Sandoway House Nature Center. We were overwhelmed with the center, since from the outside, it looks only like a quaint beach house, but once you enter you are immediately greeted by the resident Blue and Gold Macaw, Gopher Tortoise, Florida Box Turtle and Fresh Water Turtles. Our first thought was, “Why didn’t we visit Sandoway House when we lived here?” The beach house has been turned into a fabulous museum full of a lovely seashell collection donated by Ann and Albert Becker that includes over 10,000 shells from all around the world. You can also enjoy the Microscope Lab, Library and Resource Rooms, and our favorite the Coral Reef Ecosystem.

We were in luck, just as we arrived we were told that they were getting ready to feed the Nurse Sharks, Puffer Fish, Stingrays and Reef Fish. Even nicer, we were the only people there at the time. We were able to ask the director any question that we, well, that Eben could think of. Sandoway House Nature Center has two juvenile Nurse Sharks and one baby. We loved watching them swim around, especially the baby who was extremely active for a Nurse Shark. Luckily, they also had a baby Sting Ray that was tiny and adorable. Our favorite parts were watching the Nurse Sharks eat directly out of the director’s hand and watching the baby Sting Ray. Jayson’s favorite was the giant Puffer Fish and I loved the fact that the animals tank was made from the old converted pool in the backyard.

It was a fun way to spend the morning supporting another wonderful nature center. You can adopt a Sandoway Nature Center animal here and if you are ever in Palm Beach, Florida, stop by and check it out.

What is your favorite ocean animal?

Enjoy.

Sweet Greens Featured At Inhabitots

November 17, 2009 4
My article on 10 Eco-friendly Summer Activities For Your Children was featured on Inhabitots today. Hooray! Jump over and check it out.

Green Your Thanksgiving with Parducci Sustainable Wine.

November 16, 2009 2

I was delighted to receive two bottles of lovely wine from Mendocino Wine Company in the mail last week. We received a bottle of Parducci California 2008 Pinot Noir $ 12 and a bottle of 2008 Parducci Mendocini County Chardonnay $11.

I wanted to enjoy the wines with the mister, so a date night was planned. Saturday night, we put Eben to bed and the mister and I started our date night with samples of these lovely wines with a fresh baguette and local organic Gouda and brie cheeses. We then had a second glass of each when the mister served our fabulous organic hibachi dinner that he had prepared. We were immediately smitten with Parducci, again. We have loved their wines in the past but both of these wines quickly became some of our favorites.

We found the 2008 Pinot Noir to go wonderfully with the fillet, scallops and shrimp that Mr. Sweet Greens had grilled. We thought the Pinot Noir was very earthy and full. It has a lovely bouquet aroma of juicy berries. It was a wonderful way to start the tastings for the evening.

The 2008 Chardonnay was my absolute favorite. I love the crisp, clean taste and the aromas of apple and pear were fabulous. I love, love, love this wine and think that it went perfectly with the fresh baguette and local organic cheeses.

Both of these wines are very easy to drink, so be careful. Both of these wines would be a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving dinner. You could serve the fantastic 2008 Chardonnay with appetizers and dessert and then enjoy the 2008 Pinot Noir with the main course. Your guests will be delighted and excited.

As always Parducci is locally owned and operated with all of their grapes coming from sustainable family farms. Parducci is 100% green powered (it is the 1st U.S. carbon neutral winery) and all of their wines come in Earth friendly packaging. You still have time to purchase your Parducci wine for Thanksgiving dinner and all of your other upcoming holiday needs. Parducci wine is affordable and delicious, these wines would also make fabulous holiday and hostess gifts.

Are you going to serve sustainable wine at Thanksgiving?
What are your favorite sustainable wines?
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