If you buy a hose-end sprayer, you will feel like a real gardener, I guarantee it. It may not guarantee good vegetables, but doggone you look cool spraying your gardens. (I’ve decided this week that I’m not growing peppers ever again – it’s cheaper for me to buy the peppers than the plant that only [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2010
Organic Gardening Series: An All Natural Spray to Battle Bugs and Disease
July 30th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Organic Gardening
Tags: blight·gardening·natural pest control·organic·pesticides
GIVEAWAY: $100 Gift Certificate for Sun Protective Clothing from Alex & Me
July 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
It’s really easy for moms to forget about themselves when it comes to sun protection (or healthy eating, or getting enough sleep, or, or, or — fill in the blank, right?). We’re givers and caretakers who rarely take good care of ourselves. I always want to make sure my kids get the safest treatment, whether [...]
GIVEAWAY: Nantucket Sun Sleeves (Set of 2, up to a $52 Value)
July 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Yep, just sleeves. It’s a rough economy, folks, we can’t afford to be giving away the whole shirt! Nantucket Sun’s arm sleeves are a unique product, and they afford you the opportunity to hide your skin from the sun in the heat of the day after grabbing some Vitamin D in the earlier morning hours. [...]
Sun Protective Clothing Review: Alex & Me, Solartex, and Sungrubbies
July 27th, 2010 · 6 Comments · What to Buy
Time to see Katie do a handstand again! Yes, the sun protective wear really is comfortable and cute. We’ve already talked about how I feel about sun protective clothing in general and trying to strike the balance between getting some sun and not getting burned, and yesterday I walked you through my review of products [...]
GIVEAWAY: $100 Gift Certificate for Sun Protective Clothing at Solartex
July 27th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve had a couple readers say that they don’t put much weight in the expense of sun protective clothing and would rather just allow their kids to wear T-shirts while swimming. A soggy T-shirt may more or less do the job – most fabrics are about an SPF 15, although once wet, a white T-shirt [...]
Sun Protective Clothing Review: Thoughts on Two U.S. Companies
July 26th, 2010 · 13 Comments · What to Buy
Right about the time you think you have it all together, your five-year-old son talks you into skipping the swim shirt and hat and using sunblock instead. I thought, “At least he’ll understand how much of a pain reapplying sunscreen can be, and then he’ll choose the swim shirt in the future.” Now that he’s [...]
Sun Protective Clothing Review: Cover Up and Get Out of the Sun?
July 23rd, 2010 · 20 Comments · What to Buy
To sun, or not to sun, that is the question. When I asked companies to partner with me on this sun protection review project (see the natural sunblock review as well), they had no idea I was not only reviewing their products, but the idea of sun protection itself. I find myself dangling between the [...]
