First, let me just say that EGM got poison ivy and was scratching all night. I'm tired! And if it happens again tonight, one of us is going to the couch. Aren't I nice, sensitive, and empathetic?
Now that that's out of the way, I think I should report on my new years' resolutions. I have performed mediumly on both of them. I've sent birthday cards for almost all of the family birthdays so far, but several of them have gone out late. But, I have the next ones all ready to send. As for being more eco-conscience, there has been progress and setbacks. I kind of gave up on the paper recycling after the pile got so big that EGM finally threw it away -- I just kept putting off dropping it at the recycling place. We also decided not to do the CSA after all because we're not sure we'll actually use that much produce. On the other hand, the garden is going well. The seeds I started indoors are starting to look like plants and the things I planted outside are starting to take. Also, we started a compost pile near the garden. I have been bringing our kitchen scraps to work to compost, which gives me warm fuzzies. I'll post some photos soon.
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We did a four week trial of a CSA and also determined it was too many veggies for two people in 7 days but when I e-mailed to cancel I mentioned that it would be nice to have a biweekly option (which is what we did the last time we subscribed to CSA) and it turns out this farm does a biweekly option even thought they don't advertise as such. So, maybe you could look for a biweekly option.
Great news about the composting. Paper can also go in a compost pile.
I take my paper and aluminum to work for recycling (otherwise I'd have to drive it over to another side of town), which seems to keep the "piles" manageable.
Looking forward to those garden photos!!
Hope EGM finds some relief from the poison ivy. On the birthday card thing, I found that if I mark the actual birthday on my calendar, I'm late at getting the cards out. My new strategy has been to mark the one week to so-and-so's birthday, that way, I'm reminded in plenty of time to mail stuff out.
My recycling is constantly piling up too :(
I love the word mediumly. Is that an actual word? I don't care either way, I'm using it all of the time now.
Another gardening blogger! I noticed the first tiny tomatoes yesterday, woohoo! Let us know how your plants are doing.
Waw, well done for composting. I did consider worm compost this year, but we definitely don't have enough room and still probably travel a bit too much (if you stop feeding them, that's when they start escaping from the box. I am not prepared to come back home and find a cemetry of earth worms in my flat)
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