Go Green tips for September 15th

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Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Wednesday, September 15th:


• I love resale shop shopping, but here’s a fact, in order one person to find that ultra cool rare find, someone has to give it up. It’s a cycle. So start your rummaging, clean out and donate! Then, head out to your local resale shop and go treasure hunting!
• Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heating

Flies, flies and more flies. Ugh! You’d think that with these cooler temperatures, you’d see fewer of the little boogers, but not so. As a matter of fact, everytime I turn around there’s another one…taunting me…daring me to go for the flyswatter, which I inevitably do… to no avail. Flyspray? Hate it. Just the thought of it in the air that my children breath doesn’t sit well with me. So, I did a bit of research. I found a few alternatives that are way kinder to our environment, but not so much the flies. First: not to point out the obvious, but make sure you double check your screens, you might not notice the gaping hole they’re sneaking in through on your first glance! Next, Flies will tend to be attracted to and congregate in dark areas, particularly when it's warmer, so allow as much natural light into your home as you can. Flies don’t like Eucalyptus oil, so put some on a cloth and place near entrances of your home. They also don’t care for mint. Crushed mint can be placed in bowls or cloth bags and placed strategically around the home, again, near your entrances. Try some nontoxic flystrips. These are strips embedded with something such as honey and also an adhesive. The flies land on it and are, well… stuck. And well, there is always the flyswatter, it’s great exercise…just don’t break your overhead lamp on your ceiling fan like I did. I might have gotten a little over exuberant in my flychasing. Couldn’t blame that one on the dog! In the dog house on the Go Green Ride at Five on 92.1 WVTK!