Go Green tips for June 1st

Gotta tip you want to share with Sarah and the Go Green Ride at Five? Email her: sarah@921wvtk.com!

Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Monday, June 1st:

• This is a prime time to buy local! Especially if we’re talking about the myriad of farmers markets and plant sales going on through out the warmer months. Never a better time to invest in local produce! You can’t beat it!
• Got a yen to garden but no time to do it all the way? Basil, thyme, oregano, sage, and parsley are great herbs for beginning gardeners—green thumb optional!

This is the season of weddings and graduations and family gatherings! If you had the panic moment I did yesterday when I realized my daughter had outgrown adequate dress clothing for her upcoming graduation party, perhaps I’ll see you at the neighborhood resale shop? I know saving money right now is a priority for all of us, with summer vacations looming, yards that need expensive grooming and yard equipment that needs repair to begin that grooming…Why not visit a couple of the wonderful resale shops in Addison County? At this very moment I’m wearing a pair of jeans I purchased from Round Robin in Middlebury’s Marbleworks, with them I’ve donned a belt I found at Neat Repeats on Main Street. The two, together, about seven bucks. There’s many of these shops in your community: in Vergennes,, check out Your Turn Consignment Shop on Main Street or Sweet Charity, nearby. There’s few more in Middlebury to take a peek into: MMM Thrift Store on Boardman Street, Junebug Mother and & Child, which is brand new or if you’d like both new and used at your fingertips, take a look at Carolyn’s Closet on Main Street. All of these businesses make shopping an experience, not a chore. Today’s style report is that new is so yesterday and gently used is the new black! You heard it here, first!