In the book The Ultimate Accidental Housewife: Your Guide to a Clean Enough House, author Julie Edelman offers these, and other cool cleaning tips: To prevent a stickly film from forming on cheese graters, apply a thin  more...

This is a wonderful site if you would like to live more self-sustainably.  She has lots of videos and articles about how she maintains her very small garden, chickens, goats and bunnies in an urban setting.  She  more...

If you'd like to try your hand at origami, this site includes a narrated, step-by-step video showing how to make seven different origami creations.  The models range in difficulty from beginner to advanced and include  more...

Did you know that your local Extension Service typically offers a low cost soil testing service?  In Massachusetts, you can send a soil sample to UMASS Extension and get a comprehensive soil test for $13!  The results  more...

This website, in conjunction with the United Way, has all types of volunteer opportunities for families to do together. All types. There is also a page with lists of different things your family can do on your own to benefit  more...