Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Join a CSA Farm
Raleigh is so lucky to have CSA farms, where you can get your weekly veggies while helping to keep a local sustainable farmer in business. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it means that you can buy a share in a farm’s output for the year directly from the farmer. They all work a little differently, but the basic idea is that you pay a lump sum early in the year, then you get food every week through the growing season. It’s about time to sign up for 2009. For more about CSAs, and how and why to join one, below the fold.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Protect your Brain
Rates of autism nationwide have skyrocketed over the past 15 years, and a study just came out of CA confirming that chemicals in our environment could be responsible for most of the rise. Which common chemicals are high on scientists’ list of suspected culprits? Some are things you might guess, and others maybe not.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Toxic-Free Fish
Don’t ignore warnings of mercury, PCBs and other toxic junk in fish - get informed! Here’s a little help finding toxic-free (and also, ahem, delicious) fish safe for women of child bearing age and everybody else too.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Organic NC Christmas Trees & Wreaths
What’s in your Christmas tree or wreath?
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Non-Toxic Carpet Cleaning
Thanks are due to Lisa for requesting this week’s topic: Cheap & Toxic-Free Carpet Cleaning (for homes with dogs and other dirty creatures great and small).
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Mold & Mildew Killer
I dedicate this week’s tip to everyone who, like me, has been so busy these past few weeks with election madness that they haven’t cleaned their bathrooms. Eeeewww.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: D.I.Y. All-Purpose Cleaner
You’re not fresh and clean, unless you’re toxic free clean.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Roaches
had my crawlspace insulated and sealed a couple months ago. The good news is that I’ll have much lower energy bills this winter, and my crawlspace is now pretty inhospitable to pests like rodents, termites and other insects. The bad news is that some cockroaches migrated north from my now-inhospitable crawlspace into my kitchen…
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Fire Ants (Part 2)
It’s been an especially good year to be a fire ant in NC, and kind of a painful one for the rest of us. How do you get rid of them without toxic pesticides? Last week, we talked about the boiling water method, which, though effective and pretty non-toxic, it’s not ideal for lawns and gardens, since it’ll cook the plants! Here’s another option for those spots.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: Fire Ants
It’s been an especially good year to be a fire ant in NC, and kind of a painful one for the rest of us. How do you get rid of them without toxic pesticides? Toxic Free NC on New Raleigh.
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