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How to remove oil from oiled bird

If you have been reading and watching the horrific oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico as I have, the first thing that comes to mind is the threat to wildlife in the environmentally sensitive areas. Tri-State Bird Rescue is the lead organization to help the rehabilitation of the affected seabirds along with International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC). Although BP is vowing to pay for the cost of [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Fabulous Friday Featured Seller – Picky

I had one of “those” days on March 5th. I know. You are thinking, “Wait. Is Fabulous Friday Featured Seller back?” No, it’s not. This fabulous Etsy seller feature was somehow, sabotaged by blog gremlins and the comment section was turned off on March 5th. I have no idea what happened. I also don’t know what happened to the convo I sent to tell the seller that she’s been featured. [...]

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Offshore Wind Farm Approved for Cape Cod

Photo: Cape Wind On April 29th, 2010,  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved America’s first offshore wind farm project! But before construction can start, there will additional studies to make sure that there are certain things, like the site, where Indian burial grounds, can be preserved and whether the views of the cape can be minimally obstructed as opponents, like late Senator Kennedy, were concerned with. The project has [...]

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Hometown Seeds Product Review and Giveaway

Remember my poor Hyacinths that I thought I killed? And how I thought I had a “brown thumb” and not a “green thumb”? It turns out, I do have a green thumb. The hyacinths are doing fine and look at these sprouts that came up from my plantings from the Easter weekend. Having said, I honestly don’t think it’s anything I personally did that made these little guys break the [...]

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Is Agave better than sugar?

I recently posted about Princeton University’s latest research confirming what we assumed along – High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) makes you fat. But long before that study was published, people who questioned HFCS’s health benefit, have been flocking to the natural foods aisles at the grocery store to grab Agave nectar as their alternative sweeteners. Flickr Photo: bludgeoner86 But how healthy is agave, really? Is it safe? How does something [...]

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