I'm pretty new to dumpster diving, and I'd been really busy, and not had the chance to go out since it was nice and sunny out. That is, until yesterday. (I would like to point out that trash placed in public dumpsters or on the curb for pickup is public property. It actually went to the supreme court, because police wanted to know when the could ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any good ideas about what to do with almost-drained batteries? Such as the ones you would have after changing a fire alarm or other electronic that doesn't completely drain them. It just seems wasteful to dispose of them straight away, if there was something to do with what might be leftover.

Just wondering, thanks! =^n.n^=

I'm looking for ways to use really obscure, strange things rather than trash them, mostly food products that I hate to waste. Think: the extra brine left in an empty pickle jar, tuna-fish juice (the kind you drain into the sink), peanut shells, orange skins, bananna peels...I'd love to make them edible, but all ideas would be great (unfortunately, ( Read more... )

Look in your phone book under county administration for waste disposal. Call and ask if they have any program for free mulch and compost. They make it out of trash so it doesn't have to go to a landfill. Don't say a word about firewood; just go there. You will probably find that when people shovel up the free wood chips, they find big chunks of ( Read more... )

I'm wondering about pumpkins. I know you can eat them. I know you can carve them. But can you do both with the same pumpkin. I know when you carve them you scoop out the goop and the seeds. I bake the seeds but what about making a pie or any other recipe....does that ruin it for carving purposes. Sorry if i'm a little slow. This is only my second ( Read more... )

. . . that are not soups or desserts? I can get a pumpkin the size of my toddler for $9.00 flat (and the price will drop steadily all month), but I need a recipe with some meat in it or my husband will never touch the stuff. Slow cooker recipes would be best. Thanks in advance!