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As some of you may know, I frequent local Farmer’s Markets and hop around to some different fairs and events selling our products we’ve made and collected. One question I frequently get from men that stop and take a look at our wares is variations of “Nothing for men, huh?” or “So you don’t get a lot of guys buying this stuff then, do you?” already sure of the answer and turning to walk away.We do, of course, have many male customers and have a few products that are more popular among men, which …

For those of us in the Northeast at least, the cold winter months have come to a close and it's once again time to bring out the rakes and start the gardens and compost heaps.Personally I had always grown up composting as a child, with a big ugly blue plastic tumbling bin in our backyard and a small slightly smelly pot on the kitchen counter. Though I lived in PA, me and my family and some family friends would go to two music festivals in upstate New York every year. At both of these, the same&n …

What do the numbers in the triangle mean & which are recyclable? 01 is PET or Polyethylene Terephthalate, mostly in single-use plastics like soda or water bottles. It is hard to clean properly and is not suggested to reuse often, but can be recycled!02 is HDPE or High-Density Polyethylene, used in things like milk bottles or detergent bottles, and generally is recyclable!03 is V/PVC or Vinyl/Polyvinyl Chloride and is used to make juice bottles, cling films, or piping, and does have som …

We all know by now that money is really what makes the world spin, no matter how much we wish it could be otherwise. "All you need is love..." and food to eat, water to drink, a place to sleep, clothes to wear, or even just something to occupy your time so you don't go mad. We all need money, we all continuously spend money, and we can sometimes start to feel powerless beneath the monotony of it all; spending money just to survive or find fleeting joy in soon-to-be forgotten goods rather than tr …