Mish on July 31st, 2008

Hi Readers,
Over the last week, the our Hughesnet satellite has been down. Nine days without Internet – it was almost painful, although I got a lot of gardening done and a lot of writing done in my new book. I am happy to see there are a lot of new visitors! I hope you’ll keep [...]

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mishakennedy on July 20th, 2008

Dear OI Readers:
Thank you so much to all of you who entered the Comment to Win contest this month. I have randomly selected a winner – her name is Christene and she commented on a couple of posts, including a recent post about 10 Uses for Olive Oil.
I have contacted her by email and will [...]

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mishakennedy on July 18th, 2008

I’m sorry. This will sound very unfeminist of me – but as I get older I realize just how unfeminist I truly am! I just read this article on Night Nannies on The New York Times and let me say that I am appalled. Now, not only are more and more children being shunted out the [...]

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mishakennedy on July 18th, 2008

by Melanie Bowden
Everyone’s heard of recycling, but what about precycling?Also known as source reduction, precycling is reducing the amount of trash you generate in the first place.Not only can you lower trash going to your local landfill, but you can save money to boot.
You can save as much as $3,000 a [...]

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mishakennedy on July 15th, 2008

But those little jars aren’t that expensive, are they? Oh yes they are and they aren’t very good for our little ones either! Consider that babies should start eating solid food around 6 months of age – give or take. Also consider that most baby food companies make their most nutritious foods for babies under [...]

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Mish on July 13th, 2008

This is the text of an email I recently received from a new reader.  She made an excellent point and so I have asked her if I can publish her concerns here. I have also published my response. I did edit (just a little) for grammar and spelling.

Hey Michelle:

I am a new subscriber to your [...]

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Mish on July 8th, 2008

Welcome readers! Organically Inclined has just gotten some sweet products. From today (July 8, 2008) through next Friday (July 18, 2008) make a comment on any of our blog posts and you will be automatically entered to win an Organically Inclined cotton tote bag (check them out here) filled with a copy of Michelle’s book [...]

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mishakennedy on July 8th, 2008

I won’t lie, my garden is pretty weedy. Really weedy. It always is. I go out there with all intentions of having a pretty little row by row garden and then I end up with the jungle (I’ll go out and take a picture later, it’s too hot right now). I think part of it [...]

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mishakennedy on July 1st, 2008

I had a wonderful time at the beach with my kids last week. I was sad that all of my children weren’t there – my oldest son Matt recently got a new job and had to remain home to work. I was, however, proud of him for taking it well and being so willing to [...]

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