Since moving to Ireland and beginning recycling, which is What's Done Here, Ted and I have discovered that we produce very little *garbage*. Once we get a composter going, we'll produce almost *no* garbage
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Chickens and shreddingmikecosgraveSeptember 23 2007, 20:16:29 UTC
Chickens are good for eating stuff which you can't compost (cooked food). Cats and Dogs are ok, but chickens, or a pig, are much better if you live in the country. Avoid Geese - Geese are evil, sleep on your doorstep, and poop undigested grass everywhere. For chickens, find or build a 'chicken tractor' which is basically a mobile coop.
Most food packaging will compost, or even better shred and compost or mulch. Plastic, obviously, is plastic but cardboard and paper can be shredded and use for compost, mulch or even compacted and made into little bricks for use in a stove.
Re: Chickens and shreddingdamediniSeptember 23 2007, 22:17:35 UTC
From what I hear, the new Egloo chicken system is becoming accepted for urban chicken keeping in Europe. It's a self contained environment for keeping a few chickens happy and safe.
Re: Chickens and shreddingtayefethSeptember 24 2007, 00:13:37 UTC
What I need is something like that for my daughter's hamster. I think the locals would freak out if I put chickens in the backyard, even if they were neatly contained. We have neighborhood rules against hanging laundry outside on the weekends and using black plastic mulch...
I think that's an excellent goal! I'm still working my way off processed food (premade entries are SOOOO tempting to a working single mom) and into way more produce and grains. My son won't eat whole wheat pasta, but he loves veggies, so I'm ahead there. Mostly it's time and overcoming my 1970s Midwest US upbringing, where "TV Dinners" were a treat and procesed food was New and Cool!
My wife has a really good granola recipe too, but it basically amounts to 'take whatever ingredients you like, add this much honey/syrup/marmalade/jam/whatever to it, mix it all up, put it on a cookie sheet, bake.'
If you're feeling rich, I suppose you could squeeze your own orange juice, too -- The only way to get it when I was a child, if memory serves. Burns a lot of calories in the making, too :D
I always used to think I'd make more things from the basics up once I had children, but instead I'm generally stressy and/or tired enough that adding a can of veggies makes anything count as a healthy meal, at least during weekdays. And my big project for never having cereal boxes in my home but only putting the contents in pretty glass jars stranded on a) storage space and b)having to wash them and then not being able to refill them until dry. Seconds, maybe minutes wasted!
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Most food packaging will compost, or even better shred and compost or mulch. Plastic, obviously, is plastic but cardboard and paper can be shredded and use for compost, mulch or even compacted and made into little bricks for use in a stove.
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I always used to think I'd make more things from the basics up once I had children, but instead I'm generally stressy and/or tired enough that adding a can of veggies makes anything count as a healthy meal, at least during weekdays. And my big project for never having cereal boxes in my home but only putting the contents in pretty glass jars stranded on a) storage space and b)having to wash them and then not being able to refill them until dry. Seconds, maybe minutes wasted!
Anyhow, good luck on the project of less waste!
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