Cleaning your cutting board

 

I was just reading about how gross a cutting board can be, as in, more germs then the toilet. Yuck. But the good news is how easily it can be cleaned...just a little vinegar after each use. 

My idea is to get a spray bottle to keep under the sink to spray on when I'm cleaning up. I use a cutting board daily so I need a quick fix. 

And if you are looking for a new cutting board, Celadon Road has some good options including this,

Medio Bamboo Cutting Board
13¾ x 9¾ x ¾"
Classy Carving. With a standard-sized cutting surface and durable end-grain orientation, this medium bamboo cutting board is the answer for day-to-day prep jobs, carving and slicing tasks and for serving an appetizer arrangement.

Butterfly Alphabet

Butterfly Alphabet
10 x 7x 1" Age 3+
What Does F-U-N Spell? Help your kids learn their ABC’s with this colorful alphabet puzzle! When complete, the butterfly becomes a bright and decorative addition to your child’s room. Made with environmentally-friendly hardwood and child-safe paints, this butterfly puzzle is friends with nature too!

This is way cute! I can't wait to try it, since I have a three-year-old we are constantly working on the letters of the alphabet. 

Buy Recycled Products

Why not upgrade your recycling efforts by purchasing items made from recycled products. Recycling certain types of material, like aluminum, glass, steel and plastic takes less energy than producing it new therefore items from these products used less energy to produce!

Celadon Road offers quite a few of these products. Here are some examples of what you can purchase:



Recycled Glass Carafe
A Perfect Table Accessory. Spice up your dining experience with a splash of sustainable style poured from this recycled glass carafe. A mixture of old world craftsmanship and classically modern design, this piece will be a welcome addition to family dinners and friendly gatherings for years to come.



Blue Recycled Glass Necklace
16" satin cord with 2" extender chain
Glass Baubles, Recycled Flare. Connect with humanity and the planet with this environmentally friendly and fun necklace made with blue recycled glass. Yesterday’s glass is truly today’s treasure! 



Recycled Glass Two Hole Vase
Holy Vases. Made from recycled wine bottles, these vases with two cut holes at the top add an artsy touch to an old classic; also a perfect place to display flowers from your garden. Using design to enchant, inspire and transform through the powerful tools of art and technology, these vases are sure to add splendor to your home. Due to the recycled and handcrafted nature, products will vary slightly in size, appearance and color. Possible colors: green, clear or brown. 

And check out these cute shoes from www.simpleshoes.com!  They have great products and prices.

Women's Flippee - Synthetic Nubuck

 

• ISO 14001 certified synthetic nubuck straps
• vegan!
• only water based cements used, no petroleum!
• topsole is made of EVA with BIO.D
• outsole is made of 30% recycled rubber & 70 % natural rubber with BIO.D
• AND they come with a biodegradable hanger...very thoughtful, we know.

Women's D-Kay - Suede

• Women's D-Kay Suede sneaker with certified organic cotton and eco-certified suede uppers (BLC/ISO 14001 certification)
• Certified organic cotton laces
• All colorways come with an extra pair of plain white organic cotton laces
• Houndstooth printed certified organic cotton linings
• The "pedbed" (the cushiony and supportive stuff at the bottom of the shoe) is made of PU and latex foam for comfort
• Water based glue is used to hold the shoe together, not petroleum based. Just another way to reduce our dependence on petroleum, and it also means no nasty smelling glue for the people who put your shoes together
• The sole of this shoe is biodegradable! The midsole is made of EVA with BIO-D and the outsole is made of 30% recycled rubber and 70% natural rubber with BIO-D. The BIO-D makes the EVA and rubber biodegrade in 20 years in a landfill or compost heap – not on your feet
• The foot form inserts are made of post consumer recycled paper
• The shoebox is made of post-consumer recycled paper, soy based printing ink, natural latex and starch based glue

Lime Laundry Detergent

I LOVE this!!!!! I have been trying the different scents and this is by far my favorite. My son even agrees with me. He loves to smell things so after he asked to smell the detergent he commented on how it was too bad that we couldn't eat soap. My sentiments exactly :)


Lime Laundry Detergent
32oz
Conquer Laundry Mountain Naturally. With the essence of pure essential oils, it takes only 1-2 tablespoons of Celadon Road’s™ low-sudsing Lime Laundry Detergent to work its all-natural magic on any dreaded laundry mountain! Use in regular or high efficiency washers. Dissolve in water for washing floors and walls. An all-natural family formula, this detergent was originally created to ease the suffering of a child with eczema aggravated by commercial laundry products.

Green Bedding

"Invest In Green Bedding – Some new mattresses have that distinctive “new-mattress” smell – kind of like a new car smell…the odds are good that what you smell is off-gassing; the smell of the chemical components that make up your mattress entering your home’s atmosphere. There are many types of green bedding available – from full mattresses to organic cotton sheets; considering the amount of time we spend in our beds, they are a good place to make living green a priority." From thegreenlivingexpert.com

If you sit down and think about it, there is a "green" option for every aspect of your life. There are numerous companies out there that specialize in green bedding and mattresses. You can even find really good deals so you wouldn't even pay more then regular mattresses.

It really is something to consider fixing our beds to be better for us since we do spend so much of our lives in them. I even found crib mattresses! Great news for the little guys.

Earthworm

The toy!!!!

I ordered one of these for a friend of mine having a baby. Well, I decided to try it out. It's quite addictive. It's a great quality little toy and twists and turns in all different directions. I could do it for hours. (I'm a fidgeter!) I'm sure babies love this thing.

Try one out today!


Earthworm - green
green, 8 x 1 x 1"Age 6mos+
Wooden, Wormy Fun. Encourage baby’s grasping skills with this eco-adorable wooden toy! Time will fly while babies are twisting and manipulating the contrasting natural wooden beads. Made of eco-friendly rubberwood and painted with child safe paint, this worm makes a great and safe gift. Let the exploration begin! (comes in blue, green, yellow and red)


Order one in July and get a FREE hand sanitizer with your order (tax and shipping not included).




Hand Sanitizer
2oz
Trade in the Germs for Stunning Soft Silky Hands. No purse or glove compartment should go without Celadon Road’s™ Hand Sanitizer. Without polymer thickeners, alcohol or silicones, this sanitizer is made with natural and organic ingredients making it an earth-friendly, safe eliminator of dangerous germs. Fast-acting, biodegradable, quickly-disappearing and non-sticky, this conditioning foam will not stain your clothing or leave a gooey mess…only clean, soft and silky hands.

Farmers' Markets

(From PauldingFarmers.blogspot.com)

What great events. Every time I read a book from a time period long ago, I think about some of the neat things that we have upgraded from since then. That's one of the reasons that I LOVE farmers' markets. It's like going back in time!

Here are some great reasons I found that we should take advantage of what they have to offer: 

Why everyone should shop at Farmers’ Markets?

• Farmers’ Market produce is picked ripe and sold that day. You can taste the difference. Supermarket produce, on the other hand, can take up to two weeks to travel from farm to store, even in summer. Flavor and appearance can suffer.
• You can meet the farmers who grow your food, ask when it was picked, how it was grown, and ways to prepare it.
• You’ll find unusual varieties of fruits and vegetables – those bred for flavor, not uniform in size, or ability to travel. Growing a larger number of varieties is ecologically smart too because it reduces crops’ vulnerability to disease.
• Farmers’ Markets put more money in the farmers’ pockets. Commercial farmers get only twenty-five cents of every dollar’s worth of produce sold in supermarkets. At the Farmers’ market, they get the whole dollar, then pay a small amount of rent – often only 5 percent of sales.
• Buying locally grown produce encourages regional farming. If farming were more widespread, we could save fuel and resources spent on long distance shipping and reduce our over-dependence on a handful of growing regions that may not be able to produce high yields indefinitely.
• When produce is grown and purchased locally, the money remains in the community and stimulates the local economy.
• Working farms preserve open spaces without using tax dollars.
-From Anneli Johnson on Quincysfarmersmarket.com

Need help finding one near you?

Check out this great website. You can even find farms that you can buy directly from!

Local Harvest