Do your part to green up the environment this Earth Day by participating in the San Marcos Earth Day relay. With the help of four of your friends, you can help raise money for local eco-friendly efforts by running the 12-mile relay. A variety of events throughout the day make the race a family-friendly event. Each member of a relay team pays $20 to register... [Read more...]

Have you ever considered cleaning your San Marcos apartment with lemons? I'm not referring to the lemon fresh scent of Pine-Sol, but actual lemons. If you think and clean outside the box, this little yellow fruit can clean just as good as the leading cleaning agent. According to Green Living Tips there are at least 24 uses for lemons within a household.... [Read more...]

The next time your Blanco River Lodge apartment kitchen is bare, skip the big box grocer and head out to one of the local Farmers’ Markets!  You’ll not only get the freshest products available, but you’ll do your part to positively impact the local San Marcos and Austin economy by buying straight from the source! Next time you’re looking to stock... [Read more...]

San Marcos is a beautiful place to live, and the city government is trying to keep it that way. The Go Green San Marcos initiative was created to teach citizens how to live a more sustainable lifestyle, preserving the city’s and the Earth’s environment at the same time. Water is one of San Marcos’ most precious resources. You like to walk along the banks... [Read more...]

After doing some local research, I've learned that here are several farms near San Marcos that offer CSAs.  Here are a handful to choose from: Just 13 minutes outside of the city is Smiley Dog Farm (smileydogfarm.com), which does all of its farming by hand. Subscribers to Smiley Dog’s CSA will grin every time they pick up their box, which will not only... [Read more...]

Where does your food come from? H-E-B or Albertson’s, right? Sure, but much of the “fresh” food at the grocery store has been trucked across the country or even from other countries. It’s been sitting in hot trucks for days, wilting and losing nutritional value. Lettuce is soggy and brown around the edges, and cauliflower has a subtle brown film on... [Read more...]

Last week I gave you some some Earth Day promotions going on around town as well as some green living tips for your apartment.  Today I want to let everyone know about a great Earth Day celebration going on right here in San Clemente! Aquarena Center and The River Systems Institute at Texas State University – San Marcos are excited to announce their 5th... [Read more...]

Now that I’ve touched on the multiple ways you can save money by going green in your apartment, I want to share another way you can save money: Earth Day promotions!  Tons of retailers are offering a one-day promo in honor of tomorrow’s Earth Day celebration.  Here are a few of my favorites that you can take advantage of tomorrow: Origins: Bring... [Read more...]

Hopefully you’ve learned a few things from the handful of 'Go Green' posts that I've written.   More importantly, I hope it has helped you save energy and money in your apartment home!  To celebrate the ongoing Earth Day and Earth Week efforts, I wanted to revisit a few of the articles and help some of the newer residents with some green-friendly apartment... [Read more...]

As our community starts to build and the new apartment renters begin their new lives here in the Blanco River Lodge community, we want to provide our new neighbors with as much helpful information as possible to make their apartment life here as positive as possible.  One way every can help out is by taking a few steps to live  greener life.  Not only will... [Read more...]

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