WEEK 5 SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE TOTAL – 37 PIECES, 12 OZ Finally…a reduction in volume of our plastic waste, small but good. Show Your Plastic – Week 5 Since we didn’t ‘clean house’ at the beginning of July of our accumulated plastic but continue to use what was on hand, plastic is going to […]
Archives for August 2014
Hens Nest In the Strangest Places
Upon returning home from our trip we discovered a funny sight. The hens decided that my hanging basket was a comfortable nest to lay their eggs in. To top that one broody mama decided that her next clutch of eggs should be hatched in that same location. What to do? We have a constant problem […]
Plastic Free Shopping: In the Waste Stream of Others
I grew up in what most people would consider a large family (in a modern sense). There were seven of us: Dad, Mom, four girls and one boy. Don’t feel sorry for our brother, he held his own. We were very fortunate to have loving parents who stayed together faithfully, until our mothers death in […]
Show Your Plastic Challenge – Plastic Free July Week 4
SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE – WEEK 4 TOTAL – TBD OUNCES Our ugly evidence, As I was contemplating my post for this week I realized that some of you might be questioning my motive for undertaking this project. Why would anyone want to go to such effort to rid their life of something so pervasive […]