Family Balance Sheet

MAY 10, 2011

I had great success, but at the end of the season, I vowed that in 2011, I was going to replace all of the dirt in my box with new soil following the Square Foot Gardening recipe for a soil mix. The leaf compost was delivered on Friday morning and we started our projects by the afternoon and worked all weekend.

Gardening 147

Gardening Garden Compost Composting 147

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 24, 2012

The Advantages of Gardening The advantages of growing your own vegetables include eating fresh, nutritious food, knowing exactly what has gone into your food, reducing food miles to almost zero, healthy exercise, education for the kids and the joy of producing something healthy for the family. I mentioned ‘ food miles ’ earlier.

Gardening 267

Gardening Garden Health Home and Garden 267

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 22, 2011

Happy Earth Day 2011! From composting and saving rain water to using cloth napkins and reusable grocery bags, I have made many changes in my life over the last 20 years. I remember my first Earth Day celebration. It was back in 1989 and I was a college sophomore. Earth Day has come a long way. I have come a long way too.

Compost 127

Compost Composting College Home and Garden 127

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2013

moved from simple dumping on land or sea, to burial, sanitary landfill, feeding to swine, reduction, incineration, and various forms of composting”. A landfill is not like a compost pile, where the purpose is to bury trash in such a way that it will decompose quickly.”. percent, was either recycled or composted.

Economical 188

Economical Recycle Recycled Recycling 188