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One Small Change: Official Wrap-Up
The One Small Change initiative officially wrapped-up on Earth Day. However, since the project has gotten such a great response, with several of us planning to continue making changes through the year, Hip Mountain Mama has decided to keep the blog going, complete with prizes and guest posts. So, this is my review of the first four changes we made this year: January – Eat More Local Food February – Use Cloth Diapers More March – Build a Garden April – Start Composting Local Food – this one got off to a slow start, but now that the farmer’s markets are opening, and the Argenta Market is in business, it’s much easier to find local food resources. Our little garden in the back yard has started providing a little bit of produce as well: radishes. … Read entire article »
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Compost Commencement!
It’s Here! My dad delivered our new (to us) compost bin, complete with some starter in it, and we’ve been adding to it ever since. Every once in a while I have to do a google search to see if a certain item can be composted or not, but we’re learning as we go. As you can see in the image above, the drum of our composter has a panel door that opens. We dump in our … Read entire article »