I never felt good about throwing egg shells away, it always felt there were other options. Other then the cute candle or garden I thought this was a great option, it appeared in my mailbox yesterday. ( I bought a book about edible plants in the yard and beyond, very interesting, not sure how brave I am but that just shows how much of a city girl I really am. These mails are from the author) and then I thought:…
with all this rain and in our case snow! i thought it would be fun to post something about collecting rain water for gardening . Luckily I stumbled apon some posts that in some states it is illegal to so so because of some first come first go law from centuries ago which states that the water initially “belonged to someone else”…. So before you decide to do anything, make sure you are allowed ( in MI we are) https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/states-where-it-is-illegal-to-collect-rainwater/…
One of my favorite presents to give to kids (and adults actually) is a butterfly seed kit, and I have done that in the past on several occasions. now that the weather is getting better, maybe we can start thinking about our garden and start planning a butterfly and or bee garden to help nature along a bit. for those who really do not like mowing int he first place, would this not be fantastic? I might actually try this…
inspired by last weeks post 🙂 https://www.healthline.com/health/banana-peel-uses
I have always have had a feeling that throwing away orange peel (or for that matter, lemon, or grapefruit or tangerine) meant that you actually threw away a valuable resource. Since high school I have been making little candles of tangerines and we all have seen jams, recipes, potpourris, cleaning products, perfumes….. Really there are many uses for this “waste” product. Here are just a few ideas. https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/home/home-solutions/24-ways-to-use-up-orange-peel/news-story/23f82d6451318199fb818b3b08e7e6aa
The Corona virus has turned all our lives upside down. There is understandable much less interest in other things although there is LOTS of other news still going on. I will of course also put my posts on a lower frequency as this is not our highest priority right now. But this still caught my attention and I find worth sharing. I cannot believe that such a short time makes such a big difference possible. I see a lot of…
Now that we are all in lock down and have all this time to our disposal, (right ??) please take a moment to browse this fantastic website I found. I am always struck by how we all have the same way of thinking, no one has to be perfect, no one has to (or can) do it all or all at once, but TOGETHER, we can make a difference, there is power in numbers. The site is easy to read,…
we REALLY can make a turn around, if we work together! https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/mountain-gorilla-numbers-grow-in-spite-of-threats and finally this one about my beloved city where I was born and raised.
For a long time I have been hoping to find alternatives for the plastic bags I continue to use. I no longer use the plastic bags in the grocery store, both for fruit and veggies as well as the bigger grocery bags. These were very easy adjustments that did not cost any effort at all. For garbage and doggy poop, I still am using plastic 🙁 Recently I saw true compostable bags from Trader Joe’s which made me very happy….
there are many videos like this on Youtube, but with our limited time and attention span I decided to share only one. But how uplifting is this idea. Reduce Reuse Recycle, the solution to our “house on fire” (c) Greta Thurnberg has to come from all levels, from the ground up and from the top down, from stopping to produce all this waste to finding a way to use all this waste. These videos/ideas/initiatives give me great hope and it…