Make Pesticide With Beer
April 9th, 2008
Why You Should Do This
When applying pesticides the wind can carry these harmful chemicals as far as 14.5 miles allowing them to settle in your pool, on your lawn furniture, or on your children’s toys. Upon settling these pesticides can then be easily tracked inside your home by both people, and pets. Once inside your home these chemicals can be absorbed through your skin, or inhaled leading to such adverse effects as birth defects in children, allergies, and even a decreased sperm count.
The Problem
Slugs pose a major threat to any garden, not only do they deplete your soil of vital nutrients but they also consume plant material which can lead to the death of a plant. Removing of the slugs by hand is both tedious and at times ineffective. With no other alternatives to turn to many gardeners use pesticides to rid their garden of slugs.
Make Your Own Sandals
April 1st, 2008
The Problem
In 2003 alone the U.S. generated more then 290 million tires. With an average lifespan of about five years unless recycled these tires will end up in the trash dump where they will take thousands of years to decompose. As the tires do decompose they will release harmful methane gas into the air, and worst of all create a toxic sludge that could seep into our waterways like your poop. With such an abundance of used tires why not use them for something useful like making a pair of sandals?
Why You Should Do This
- The pair I test drove are far more comfortable then any store bought pair I have ever owned.
- Why drop $80 bucks on a pair of Teva’s when you can make your own for free!
- Your doing your part to reduce waste and make this world a better place. For that you earn my green seal of approval.
How To Build A Solar Heater With Beer
March 22nd, 2008
This is one DIY green project where we actually encourage you to drink a few beers before hand. Actually about 50. That’s approximately the number of cans you’ll need to build this solar heater powered exclusively from your used brews. But before you get started first things first, please wait till the wife isn’t home to start this project. Alright now that you got your bases covered gather up the following supplies:
What You’ll Need
- 50 aluminum cans. I know I didn’t have fifty cans lying around my house so I suggest you either stock pile up on cans for the next few weeks or head to your local liquor store and just buy them from the store clerk.
- A can of black spray paint. Feel free to test your graffiti skills on a basement wall whiles your at it. Note vegthreads will not be held responsible for your poor graffiti skills.
- Plastic tubing. Grab at least five feet from your local hardware store, more if you plan on pipping the heat your ugh beer heater generates further.
- Wood. Not that kind of wood! Two by fours and some plywood are what you want here.
- Something to make a hole in the cans with about the size of your thumb. A pocket knife works just fine here.
Alright guys now on to the fun part, drinking the beer! Ugh I mean building this beer heater generator thing.
New Additions To Our Team
March 21st, 2008
You might have noticed the blogosphere widget over there on your sidebar. That widget lists stories from other green blogs. I have stumbled across some very good articles using that widget and so I hope you do the same!
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How To Make Green Toothpaste
March 19th, 2008
Going green should not be a decision that coincides with buying more. Think of those 3 keywords they drilled into your head in elementary school reduce, reuse, recycle. The last time I checked reduce meant using less, not consuming more. With that said why not use some of the products you have lying around the house to make something useful like toothpaste? Besides isn’t it time you brush your teeth?
