Posts Tagged ‘ recycling ’

I can still remember my first Earth Day in 1989. I was a senior in high school, full of ideas and hope for what the future would hold. It was the year I first embraced vegetarianism, something that would be a part of my life for many years.  Truth is that when left entirely...
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The toilet paper roll is a great tool for the home gardener (and not just because we are so often full of crap!) This video shows another great way to use them in the garden.
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Words to live by.
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You can’t go home again, but you can return to an old abandoned farm that was once home and reclaim things that were left behind.  Such was the case this weekend when I returned to claim my compost tumbler and rain barrel from certain doom. One of the coolest finds for a budget homestead...
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It didn’t take long for several of you to know exactly what I was up to in yesterday’s Super Secret Recycling Project so I wanted to share a bit more in today’s post. After cutting up the first shirt as I showed yesterday and winding it into a ball, all that was left was...
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If you ever wanted to know if you were meant to be a gardener you can tell when it comes time to start your seeds.  Does it make you crazy or giddy?  Nervous or Zen-like?  I could have my hands in seed starting medium and little seed packets all day and lose track of...
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See how I built a tiny seed starting terrarium from a discarded plastic drink bottle.
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