Green in 365 - A Year of Going Green (one day at a time)

[Flaxbee]

Here's an interesting blog -- focused on environmentally sound home-making. Some of it is more extreme than I could manage (she doesn't use paper towels. Ever.) The blog has some Christian-religious overtones, but good ideas so if the religion doesn't bother you, check it out:

http://www.liverenewed.com/2013/01/green-in-365-welcome-to-a-year-of-going-green.html

[Curmudgeoness]

1. I rarely use paper towels, and when I do

I will wash and dry them if that is possible....but I would never say I will never use them. But I don't think that they are necessary, just convenient.

I will check this out, although if the religion is noticable, I will give up....I do not even know how you can throw religion into an environmentally sound blog, but some people just can't help themselves, I suppose.

[Flaxbee]

2. I always read the "About" section of blogs, and she talks about how

God commands us to take care of the environment ... other than that, it isn't overt (not that I've noticed but I haven't read much of the blog yet). I avoid religious content, too, but have no problem with eco-Christians. Makes all the sense in the world to me; if they need to use God to justify being sane and smart about this planet and all of its inhabitants, fine with me.

If I had an in-house washer/dryer, I could probably drastically reduce my paper towel usage. I HATE not having the space for a W/D. Next house it's a top priority. As it is, I will use only recycled-paper-content paper towels. And I reuse them as much as I can (counter tops, then cat-food areas, then floor if possible).

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I spent some time on that site,

and although most of the ideas are fine, I find it cumbersome to use. I just don't have that much patience, I suppose, but clicking on every day, one by one, is just not going to happen for 365 days. Most of the tips that I saw could have been presented in 10 day increments or something to make easier reading. But that is just me....I'm too lazy.

[Eleanors38]

6. Paper towel substitute: Leftover napkins from restaurants

and bars. Frequently, I see unused napkins on tables/bars left by customers, but unusable for the establishment. I have quite a pile. When my underwear gives out in the usual spots, it gets thrown into action as well.

[kansasgurl2012]

4. Eco Bloggin

I love blogs so I started following hers. I love how she lives frugally and sustainable. A positive role model! {minus the religious stuff} I just look past it. To each his/her own.

[Flaxbee]

5. I have had to cut back on the blogs I follow - I was getting nothing done!

lol

But hers I have bookmarked for future reference.

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Bookmarked - excellent site.

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Read the one about egg shells, been using them for fertilizer for years

Maybe that's why my tomato plants went ballistic



That's ONE plant I had to take some of the glass off the roof to let it keep growing.

more pics of that at an old post of mine years ago on DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=246x10250

Definitely will be checking into that site some more in the near future

Good find!, and thanks for sharing.

CC

[laundry_queen]

8. omg that's crazy. LOL!

I'll have to try the egg shell thing. I have lots of container tomatoes right now. I had one tomato plant get knocked over in a storm and it snapped in half. I'm trying to nurse it back to health - it has tomatoes on it but the plant itself looks incredibly sickly. I'm not sure it'll survive long enough for the tomatoes to grow and ripen. Then another one was supposed to be a small container 'bush' type that needed no staking - well the darn thing grew so fast and tall it flopped over and is now hanging over the side of the grow-bag, growing upside down. Sheesh. It also HAD tomatoes on it until my 6 year old picked them thinking they were cherry tomatoes like one of the plants I have. At least there are a lot more flowers appearing this week.

Then there are my potatoes. I decided to try 3 of those patio potato planters (everything is on my deck currently as my yard was being landscaped by my builder...) You roll them up and add more soil as the plant grows. Well, I'm all rolled up and the potato plants are now double the height of the planter. It looks like I have trees on my deck, LOL. At least I finally noticed some flower buds today - I was starting to wonder if it was all plant and no potato.

Funny thing - I harvested a giant cucumber the other day. I bought a couple of small 'pickling' cucumber plants, and they started flowering like crazy. One plant seemed to be doing better than the other one. Well, the one that wasn't doing so well, I was examining the other day for new cucumbers - kinda irate it wasn't producing like the other one -, and found the biggest pickling cucumber I've ever seen. It was hiding, half in the dirt, right along the stem, under some dense leaves. LOLOL, the thing was 2.5 inches in diameter and about 8 inches long. I have no idea where it came from, as I've been checking the plants regularly. Just missed it I guess. It wasn't bitter at all despite being overgrown. My kids gobbled up the slices in about 5 minutes.

Anyway. Got carried away there - garden talk is fun! I can't wait to put my raised beds in now that my yard is all landscaped!