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My Backyard Compost

Family Balance Sheet

My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?

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Caring Causes: Sproutlings Natural Arts & Crafts

Motherhood Moments

Made using natural and food-grade ingredients, and recycled and compostable packaging, Sproutlings™ is on a mission to provide the most accessible, safe, and sustainably made arts and crafts products that encourage creative & learning development for kids. Thanks for reading! This material comes from Motherhood Moment.

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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

Motherhood Moments

Everyone has probably heard about the staggering numbers of unrecycled plastics and food waste, contributing to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. What advantages does the organics collector have over other home composting systems? Home composting systems are good for many, but they take only so much material.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. Besides providing large quantities of food for my family and a creative outlet for myself, all of this allows me a means of being generous to my community through extra food, plants and growing supplies.

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Want a Month of Free Groceries? Stop Wasting Food | Kitchen Economics Link Up

Family Balance Sheet

(I didn't compost the salad, because it had feta cheese mixed in) We certainly eat leftovers, but by the end of last week, we were (1) lazy and (2) lazy. Eating leftovers is one of my tenets of saving money in the kitchen but I am even guilty of wasting food at times. 600 is what many Americans spend on food each month.

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Green Living: There's Always Room for Improvement

Family Balance Sheet

We compost much of our food and garden scraps. Thanks for reading. We conserve water (and save money) during the summer. In the warmer months, I hang our laundry outside to dry. But when I took our recycling bins out to the curb this week, I noticed that there is still room for improvement. Let us know in the comments.

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How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. The planet ( and your wallet ) will thank you! Multiply that by million of kids (and adults going to work) and you can see how much of a problem this is.

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