simple, slow, sustainable
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simply living well
A guide full of rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household—kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden— Simply Living Well shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outline easy swaps (instead of disposable sponges, opt for biodegradable sponges or Swedish dishcloths; choose a bamboo toothbrush over a plastic one) and sustainable upgrades for common household tools and products. Projects include scrap apple cider vinegar, wool dryer balls, kitchen bowl covers and cloth produce bags, all-purpose citrus cleaner, herbal balms, and more, plus recipes for package-free essentials like homemade nut milk, veggie stock, salad dressings, and hummus.
gardening for everyone
A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably—from planning to planting to harvesting, followed by a deeper dive into the plants themselves: demystifying annuals vs. perennials, cold-weather vs. warm-weather veggies, and profiles of more than 35 common crops. Throughout, Gardening for Everyone offers tips for creating an eco-friendly garden (for example by using vermicomposting, no-till gardening, and attracting pollinators), plus some fun and unexpected projects like how to build a bean teepee, grow a sunflower house, make wildflower seed paper, and bake with edible flowers and herbs.
