Welcome back! If you haven’t already, please drop me a note at calie at broccolicupcake dot com. You can also subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Lately, I’ve been kind of obsessed with lemons.  I love the way they look piled high in a glass bowl, the fresh, citrus scent that lingers in the [...]

Itchy eyes, runny noses, eczema, coughing and wheezing – this is the time of year when it really starts to kick in for many of us – including me.  For me, fall is all about crunchy leaves, beautiful colors, brisk jeans and t-shirt weather, outdoor activities and family holidays.  Then the mold and pollen come [...]

I’m barely a novice gardener, so as we transition from our summer garden to our fall garden I’m out in search of any information that can help me be successful. I’m going to try my hand at fall/winter gardening for the first time this year so I’m reading up on exactly how to go about that.  I need to [...]

The last 10 days have been a serious challenge for me, mainly because I dislocated my tailbone, which is as painful as it sounds.  Being in constant pain means I’m a little edgy (ok, I’m a lot edgy), which makes getting through the day with the kids a challenge.  Just sitting down is extremely painful [...]

Today’s Tennessee Mornings segment was on a topic I wrote about at the beginning of the summer – houseplants.  If you’re looking for more inforamtion about their air purifying abilities, tips on which plants make the best natural air filters or how to keep them alive just click one of the links.  You can also find [...]

I spent the weekend in Asheville, NC where living green seems to come naturally to just about everyone.  The restaurants buy local, organic food and serve up a healthy but delicious variety from high-end to southern biscuits and grits.  There are recycling containers all over the city along with signs offering helpful reminders on how [...]

I spend a lot of time thinking about what we eat.  But until recently, I hadn’t stopped to really think about what my food was eating or not eating.  I did look for labels like organic, no hormones, no antibiotics, but that was pretty much the extent of it.  Today, I know better.  Our family [...]

It’s that time of year again when fruit flies are invading our home – and this year – our compost bin.  I’m walking around the kitchen spontaneously clapping my hands to the beat of their wings in an effort to not only squish them but keep them away from my face. My 2 year old is complaining that [...]

I’ve been talking about composting for over a year, but because I know so little about it composting has seemed a like a huge project that I just wasn’t ready to tackle.  I had so many questions.  Do I have to buy an expensive compost bin?  Where do I put it?  Will it make my [...]

A very smart and earth friendly group of bloggers have put together an outstanding event to celebrate Earth Day all week and share information on how they are living a greener life.  In addition to the great information they’ve also arranged for giveaways and the opportunity for the rest of us to link up with our own [...]