7/5/10

Material in its rawest form can also be an excellent choice for decorating around the house. Unbleached, 100 percent cotton-canvas painters' tarps are an inexpensive and good-looking fabric to use for drapery panels. With no dyes or finishes on the fabric, it's a great green choice, and their heavy weight is great for blocking out light and insulating against both hot and cold drafts.

7/4/10

If you're planning a weekend brunch with friends and family, consider doing a farm stand party with everyone. Make a list of local green grocers that sell locally grown produce, flowers, eggs, meat and honey and shop together for what's available. Then prepare everything fresh at home for the brunch: Someone makes an arrangement of flowers, another cooks the farm fresh frittatas, and someone else makes the freshest fruit salad ever. Yum!

7/3/10

On the next rainy day, fold up your umbrella and stick it in the side of a large houseplant in your home. The residual water on the umbrella will slowly drip down the sides and onto the soil of the plant, giving it a slow, gradual watering.