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Category: Home & Garden
- 11-26-2008 - Tupperware Party Pooper
- 11-21-2008 - Hitting the (Phone)Books
- 11-19-2008 - Tight and On Top
- 11-14-2008 - Counter(top) Argument
- 11-12-2008 - Cold Play
- 11-10-2008 - Martha’s in the House
- 11-07-2008 - Sleep On It - Get Cozy Week
- 11-04-2008 - Shockingly Warm - Get Cozy Week
- 11-03-2008 - Thermo Autopilot - Get Cozy Week
- 10-30-2008 - Starch Your Engines
- 10-23-2008 - A Winning Pitch
- 10-22-2008 - Don’t Know Jack(-o’-lanterns)
- 10-21-2008 - Throwing in the Towels
- 10-16-2008 - Breaking the Cycle - $avings Week
- 10-14-2008 - Bulk Up to Slim Down - $avings Week
- 10-09-2008 - Walking on Sunshine
- 10-06-2008 - Putting Your Bed to Rest
- 10-03-2008 - Mulch Ado About Nothing?
- 10-02-2008 - The Power’s in Your Hands
- 10-01-2008 - 10 Items or More
- 09-25-2008 - Prefab Housing Complex
- 09-22-2008 - Un-shag Me, Baby
- 09-15-2008 - Shower Time Zone - Start Your Day Week
- 09-04-2008 - Groundhog Living
- 09-03-2008 - Lifeguarding Your Melons
- 08-28-2008 - Veni, Vidi, Vinegar
- 08-15-2008 - Put This in Your Socket
- 08-12-2008 - Pantsing the Ants
- 08-11-2008 - (Re)construction Era
- 07-28-2008 - Hot Pocket (Guides)
- 07-25-2008 - Bucket Love-In - No Duh Week
- 07-24-2008 - Not Just a Navel Nuisance - No Duh Week
- 07-17-2008 - Trashy Poe(m)
- 07-16-2008 - A Real Stickler
- 07-10-2008 - Light Gossip
- 06-25-2008 - Book Tour - Travel Week
- 06-12-2008 - Total Concentration
- 06-10-2008 - Sizing It Up
- 06-09-2008 - Press Stop on Trash
- 06-02-2008 - Fear of the New (Filters)
- 05-27-2008 - Get Decked
- 05-21-2008 - Uncharred Territory
- 05-19-2008 - Biters of Hazard
- 05-05-2008 - Fire Extinguisher
- 04-28-2008 - Scrap Happy
- 04-24-2008 - Gray Matters
- 04-21-2008 - Water Cooler Effect
- 04-18-2008 - Shake a Stick at Odor - Spring Cleaning Week
- 04-16-2008 - Ideal Bite GCS: Freshened Up - Pure & Natural
- 04-16-2008 - Hot, Steamy, and Heavy-duty - Spring Cleaning Week
- 04-15-2008 - Maid to Order - Spring Cleaning Week
- 04-14-2008 - Rub It Out - Spring Cleaning Week
- 04-10-2008 - White Picket Picketing
- 04-07-2008 - Loads of Parasites
- 03-31-2008 - Hang Up Your Ears
- 03-24-2008 - Take Us to Your LEEDer
- 03-18-2008 - Lime Aid - Bust-a-Myth Week
- 03-13-2008 - Yodelers’ Weed-whacker
- 03-11-2008 - Heirloom Apparent
- 03-07-2008 - Pulling Out Your Hair
- 02-25-2008 - Robo ER
- 02-19-2008 - Against the Wood Grain
- 02-14-2008 - Canned Laughter
- 02-12-2008 - Shot Through the Heart
- 02-11-2008 - Recycling for Metal Mouths
- 01-28-2008 - Supply and On-Demand
- 01-23-2008 - Boiler Room
- 01-18-2008 - Treat the Common Cold
- 01-17-2008 - Book of Secrets
- 01-11-2008 - Mail-Order Divorcee - Resolutions Week
- 12-28-2007 - Charmed, I’m Sure
- 12-21-2007 - A New Flame
- 12-11-2007 - Leaping Biters
- 12-05-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: Clean-Sweep Holiday - Method Home
- 11-29-2007 - That Sinking Feeling
- 11-26-2007 - Go Toward the (LED) Light
- 11-20-2007 - Check Your Baggage
- 11-13-2007 - You Snooze, You Lose
- 11-07-2007 - Keep Up with the Joneses - Waste Not Week
- 11-02-2007 - Eternal Flame
- 10-29-2007 - Daytime Drama
- 10-26-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: The Greasezapper - Simple Green
- 10-23-2007 - A Pain in the Seat
- 10-22-2007 - Bite Me, Jack
- 10-12-2007 - Hot Pursuit
- 10-11-2007 - Getting Inked
- 10-09-2007 - Born-Again Stuff
- 10-04-2007 - A One and a Two
- 09-28-2007 - Rags to Riches
- 09-27-2007 - The Buzz on Beeswax
- 09-25-2007 - Hallmark of a Biter
- 09-21-2007 - Tag Team - Alternative Energy Week
- 09-20-2007 - Your Morning Charge - Alternative Energy Week
- 09-18-2007 - Drilling for Boil - Alternative Energy Week
- 09-17-2007 - Going Dutch - Alternative Energy Week
- 08-16-2007 - Trickle-Down Theory
- 08-03-2007 - A Quiet, Personal Matter
- 07-30-2007 - Recycling for Couch Potatoes
- 07-24-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: Working Us into a Lather - Method Home
- 07-16-2007 - Oppose the Hose
Food Storage Containers
What should you do when Thanksgiving dinner's over?Cancelling Phone Book Delivery
Wanna study up on how to stop getting phonebooks?Wine Corks
What's better than a screw...cap on your wine bottle?Countertop Surfaces
Are you debating whether to replace your kitchen surfaces?Refrigerator Efficiency
Does a glance at your electricity bills make your voice go falsetto?Outdoor Decorations
It's that time of the year again: What would Martha Stewart do?Pillows
Wanna zzz on safer pillows?Blankets
Tired of getting shocked by your electric blankie?Programmable Thermostats
What if your thermostat just let you sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride?Bioplastics Composting
Wanna Earn(hardt) major green points?Flushing vs. Tossing
Is it OK to bat your trash into the toilet?Jack-o-lanterns
Drawing a blank when it comes to greening your gourd?Towels
Drying off with threadbare towels?Dish Drying
Is your cash (not to mention electricity) evaporating every time you wash the dishes?Buying in Bulk
Is your household waste-line out of control?Radiant Flooring
Why do they call it "radiant" floor heating?Mattress Recycling
Is your manger lookin' kinda mangy?Mulching Fall Leaves
Is trashing your fall leaves such a big deal?Green Power
Think you need solar panels to get in on green energy?Filling Your Fridge
Do you buy less to save more?Prefab Homes
Got a phobia of prefab homes?Recycling Carpet
Time to get rid of that holdover from the '70s?Timing Your Showers
Wanna make your showers Green(wich)?Sun Tunnels
Wanna bring a mountain of natural light into your molehill?Prolonging the Life of Food
What'll save more lives than Pam Anderson in a red one-piece?Cleaning with Vinegar
Wanna conquer high cleaning-product costs?LEDs
Can screwing lead to lower energy bills?Ant Control
Got ants in your drawers (and the rest of your house too)?Recycling Home Construction Materials
Got more postremodel debris than post-Civil War America?Pocket Guides
Wanna make your shopping choices easier than defrosting a meat 'n' cheese turnover?Saving Water at Home
What's crunchy as granola and saves a whole lotta water?Clearing Your Lint Filter
What's the next best place to check for lint?Landfill Biodegration
Quoth the Raven, "How long does trash last in landfills?"Teflon-free Cookware
Are you stuck on Teflon pans?CFLs
Heard the tittle-tattle about the mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)?Cleaning Your Lint Filter
Wanna promote your upcoming vacation?Concentrated Formulas
Been thinking long and hard about new ways to scrimp and save?Clotheslines
Turned off by shrinkage?Media Recycling
Ready to eject your old CDs?Replacing A/C Filters
Is fear of change standing between you and cleaner air?Decks
Wanna make your summer BBQs even more of a hit?BBQ Lighter Fluid
Wanna go where few grillers have gone before?Household Hazardous Chemical Disposal
Where can you find the dukes of hazardous chems?Turning Off Pilot Lights
Think you need a big, strong firefighter to put out your blaze?Composting
How can yesterday's table scraps feed hundreds?Grey Water
Water waste making you insane in the brain?Green Office Tips
Wanna talk office politics?Reed Diffusers
Got a stink that won't let you unplug your nose?Steam Cleaning for Carpets
Why are our windows all fogged up?Cleaning Services
Want a cleaning service specially tailored to Biters?Home Cleaning Products
Is it gonna take more than elbow grease to de-grime your place?Natural Fences
Wanna cross the white picket line?Phantom Loads
What's eating away at your cash reserves without your knowledge?TV Recycling
Hop(p)ing to replace your analog TV with a new hi-def one?LEED
Feel like some green-building lingo is alien-speak?Rinsing Recyclables
Need help getting the lime wedge out of your beer bottle?Goat Rentals
What's more annoying than a 100-decible yodel?Heirloom Seeds
Want homegrown veggies that don't all taste and look the same?Plumber's Snakes
Ready to lose it over your slow-draining sink?Appliance Replacement
Does your clothes dryer need life-support?Wood Furniture
When it comes to furniture, are you a conformist?Non-Electric Devices
Are the people behind SkyMall joking?Organic Flowers
Wanna use your true love's heart for target practice?Metal Recycling
Can you recycle used braces?Demand Water Heaters
Is your water heater environmentally demanding?Electric Kettles
What's the best kind of boiler room to hang out in?Space Heaters
Are you commonly cold during the winter?Recycled Journals
What are a Biter's deepest, darkest secrets?Stopping Junk Mail
Are you ready to break off your relationship with mail order?Napkin Rings and Wine Glass Charms
Grossed out by your new mother-in-law's magenta lipstick marks?Lighting Up
Is the old fire dying out?Recycled Calendars
Trying to get a jump on 2008?Hand Washing
Do energy and water bills drain your resources?LED Holiday Lights
What are the holiday lights at the end of the tunnel?Garbage Bags
Wanna take a load off the earth?Bedding
How can you snooze...and win?Sharing with Neighbors
Can't seem to keep up with your neighbor's latest big buy?Fireplaces
Are we only dreamin', or is this burning an eco-friendly flame?Optimizing Daylight
Why are the days of our lives getting shorter?Office Chairs
Is work a pain in your [enter body part here]?Home Insulation
What's keeping Jack Frost from breaking into your home?Wearing Layers
Are you on a high-speed chase for lower energy bills?Printer Cartridges
Will anything last longer than your "Biter 4 Life" tattoo?Unusual Gifts
Does reincarnation apply to only living things?Dual Flush Toilets
"If it's yellow, let it mellow" just not your thing?Kitchen Cloths
Can a bundle of rags save you a bundle?Beeswax Candles
Which of your candles leaves a sooty mess?Recycled Notecards
Wanna show you really care?Carbon Offsets
What's the easiest way to pull your CO2 weight?Solar Power
What generates more energy than your double espresso?Geothermal Energy
Is your house sitting on an energy goldmine?Wind Power
What's Holland's most awesome export?Micro Drip Irrigation
When can a dribble turn into a cash flow?Saving Water
Do you run the faucet while using the loo?TV Recycling
Does safely disposing of your old TV require getting off your butt?Cleaning Your Driveway
Is a hose-off worth the run off?
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