So, for me anyway, it helps to have limited goals and expectations so that they are achievable. This year for Earth Day, we are so excited to set up our a vegetable garden to have our own farmer’s market all year long.

herb garden

Tomato plants

We’ve just started to plant things as they become available and are starting many vegetables from seeds that we will transfer to the raised beds.  So far, the bunnies are still one step ahead of us.  They’ve gotten much of the broccoli and are trying to work on the spinach.  We got lots of rubber snakes in hopes of scaring them off.  I’m not sure how well this experiment will work out. At the very least, we will have some really fat and well-fed rabbits in our neighborhood!

Cutting flowers and all kinds of raspberries and veggies

The broccoli the rabbits ate

This is our way of doing something to help us observe Earth Day everyday.  We hope you have a great Earth Day too and we would love for you to share your ideas and projects with us!

We have our own parade

Mardi Gras is near and dear to our hearts and is the quintessential Louisiana event. Carnival season is always fun and filled with amazing parties, food and parades. While we are sad when we are not able to join the festivities in person, we do our best to have a little bit of the party wherever we may be! Roux Maison stays in the spirit all year long with a little wink to Mardi Gras and our Louisiana roots.

Roux Maison laundry products are all color coded by scent, and our colors are our own versions of the Mardi Gras colors of purple, gold and green. Traditionally, purple represents justice, gold represents power and green represents faith. For us, purple represents our Ambrosia scent which is a soothing lavender blend. Gold represents our Sweet Tea scent that is citrusy, and green is for the bright and fresh scent of all of our fragrance-free laundry products.

We found the King!

We decorate and celebrate and always have a King Cake! We’ve managed to find some really good options locally here in Nashville and you can probably find some good ones where you live as well. If not, you can always ship one in from New Orleans. We hide the little King in the cake and the person who finds it must buy the cake and host the party the following year.

We hope your Mardi Gras is filled with fun, friends and laughter and that you find the baby in your King Cake! Let us know your favorite ways to celebrate!

Everyone loves King Cake

Laissez les bons temps rouler!