Campaign for Loudoun’s Future recently sponsored a local foods and farms celebration. American Flatbread, a new restaurant in Ashburn which uses some local ingredients for their pizzas, helped to host the event — which made it into The Post and Leesburg Today. The kids and I stopped by the event, but I was too wiped out by […]
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The words green and posh seemed a bit contradictory to me at first, but then I thought about the city of San Francisco and a little (energy-efficient fluoresent) light went off in my head and I got it. Green Posh Moms is a forum being developed by two sisters, one of whom lives right here in […]
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There are so many work-at-home moms out there doing cool things! One mom based right here in Leesburg, VA finds used clothes and turns them into something new for babies, hence her name — Recycling Babies.
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Leesburg Farmer’s Market Hours 9am-1pm according to the sign 8am-1pm according to the website 9am-12pm winter season (November-April) The sign and website conflict, so you may need to wait a bit if you plan to arrive before 9am. There’s not much I can say about the Leesburg Farmer’s Market that another local blogger has not […]
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It has come to my attention that I am not the only one who wishes we had a Trader Joe’s in Loudoun County. Apparently there is a grass roots effort to attract them to a new shopping center in Ashburn. Hooray! To join this effort all you need to do is fill out Trader Joe’s […]
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Active Family Services, LLC has been quoted in the Washington Post! I am tickled that our steam cleaning practices made the news.
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Just as I was mourning the waste created by our seasonal gift giving and receiving and my own increased impact during visits to homes that don’t recycle or compost I was forwarded a link to a story about a man who saved his trash for an entire year. I was inspired, so I now have […]
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You can find recipes for natural cleaning supplies all over the web. I have tried a few and tend to improvise each time. Here’s the link I used for a starting point today: http://www.eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_solutions.htm#substitutions
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freecycle.org According to the website above Freecycle is “a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.” Your appreciation of freecycle may depend on how active and considerate the group in your area […]
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