Organically Inclined

I was surfing around the blogosphere this morning - trying to wake up - and came across this site: HonestMeat.com.
What a great site. And as I read this post about cruelty to horses - I was compelled to share.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Once in a while I get the bug to be more organized - particularly in homeschool matters. I start to feel like maybe I’m not doing enough to keep everything together, especially after I read a few homeschool blogs or go to one of any number of sites that have all sorts of organizational pages [...]

Hey! Want to try out gDiapers? I love them. I don’t sell them or anything - I just love them and I am trying to spread the word. gDiapers have these great cover designs and the liners are flushable or compostable! How cool is that? And if you run out of the liners, you can [...]

I am in love with olive oil. No, really. In fact, my buy everything local plans are often dashed because of two things - olive oil (which I’ve never heard of anyone producing in Vermont) and bananas. I’d rather do without bananas…but don’t take away my evoo!
Here are 10 ways you can incorporate olive into [...]