I’m always dreaming of the home where I have a vegetable garden and I can grow my own food year around. I want my own sustainable/green garden that waters itself. People think that this dream is a feat that is unattainable, but I say if it has been done, it can be done. Rather than living a life that is dependent on a supermarket, I want to live a life where I dependent on my own hard work. If you’re like me and gardening is in your blood, then you should yourself a favor and check out this article that was brought to us by “Buzzfeed.” Once you get there, you will have access to all of the useful and innovative ways to make your home green.
19 Cheap & Innovative Ways To Green Your Home
- Install low-flow aerators on your faucets and showerhead
- Make a solar oven out of cardboard and tin foil
- Use hand-cranked kitchen appliances
- Use cloth instead of napkins, diapers and kitchen paper rolls!
- Shred bar soap to conserve water
- Plant a garden
- Displace water in your toilet tank with a filled plastic bottle. It will save around 10 gallons a day in a typical home.
- Start your seeds in a newspaper planting pot
- Water your garden with greywater
- Make a re-usable market bag from an old t-shirt or buy one here
- Collect and use rainwater
- Connect your rain barrel to a DIY sprinkler(tutorial)
- Replace dryer sheets with re-usable wool balls (tutorial)
- Make solar chargers out of playing cards (tutorial)
- Make re-usable waterproof sandwich bags with beeswax cloth (info)
- Turn a plastic tub into a compost bin
- Slide draft stoppers underneath doors to lock in heat
- Clean with lemon juice, baking soda, and vinegar
- Seal electrical boxes with foam gaskets
