Ready to Recycle

A few tips to help us help our environment. I just learned a few of these the other day and they have really simplified my recycling efforts.

Paper
No need to remove clips or staples. Machines will filter them later.
Any paper with food stains should not be recycled because it will contaminate a load. Ex: greasy sub wrappers, pizza boxes.

Glass & Metal
Rinse bottles, jars and cans. Labels will burn off in processing so you don't need to waste your time removing them.


Plastic
Remove bottle caps they are a different type of plastic and can contaminate a load.
For the times you are not using your reusable  bags when shopping you can bring plastic bags back to the store and use them for your groceries again. Most stores also have bins to accept plastic bags for recycling.

Always remember your trash may be someone else's treasure:) Try craigslist, freecycle.org or a local thrift store for large item pick up.

Beach Baby!!

They get hot and then they get flustered. Just a quick tip if you are bringing a cooler pack a washcloth in the cooler to rub on your babies face, neck and back every once in a while for a quick cool down. It refreshed my little gem and really brightened up her mood multiple times!

Successful springtime

Check these out! These are my successful gardening ventures for springtime. The lettuce, green onions and broccoli that Elijah started in the window really took off. We didn't use any pesticides or growth chemicals either. Initially I did have an issue with earwigs and these tiny little red mites but to solve that we sprayed lemon juice and cayenne pepper (yep the kind you buy at the store in the spice aisle) on the crops. Just make sure to wash before eating, not everybody likes that mixture of tastes, including the mites. The nasty earwigs were a bit more difficult. I filled a few empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes with canola oil. For some reason unbeknownst to me those nasty creatures are attracted to it but the get trapped and can't get out. As my little bear would say "I be so proud of me!"