The Quest for Green Living

I have always preferred linen napkins to paper ones.  I never use paper or plastic dishes and I hardly ever put anything in the dryer if I can help it. I much prefer to hang clothes outdoors, one of the benefits of living in a sunny climate and having a big enough backyard to string a clothesline. Long ago, we got rid of our front lawn, preferring the carpet of leaves that fall from the eleven live oak trees we planted when we bought our old house 14 years ago. I must admit I...