Earth Day Thursday April 22nd

What did you do for Earth Day???? Just think if everyone did just one small thing, how BIG that would be.
The weather was great here.We had beautiful Carolina blue skies.It was a bright sun shiny day with a light breeze,perfect for planting or doing any outdoor work.
We went to Lowe's and Walmart and bought some bedding plants and some seeds and had a great time setting them out.I have tomato,cucumber,pepper,squash,and a few different herbs for the garden.I have carnation,marigold,inpatients,and many mixed flowers.We also planted 2 grapevines.I am so happy with what we did and can't wait to add more things to the garden.
I love growing some of our own food and picking a bouquet of my own flowers:)

We have been recycling plastic bottles,cans and cardboard.
I plan to start composting.It bothers me that I throw scraps away that could be put to good use.
I am going to start using a rain barrel and use the rain water to water my plants.My Grandma always used one.
We are good about keeping the lights off when we don't need them.
I would really like to live more GREEN.

I bought a book by John Seymour called The Self-Sufficient Life And How To Live It, The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide
Chapter 1-The meaning of self-sufficiency
Chapter 2- Food from the garden
Chapter 3-Food from animals
Chapter 4-Food from the fields
Chapter 5- Food from the wild
Chapter 6-In the dairy
Chapter 7- In the kitchen
Chapter 8- Brewing and wine-making
Chapter 9- Energy & waste
Chapter 10- Crafts & skills
The books has so much information about doing things yourself.Some things that I thought would be hard are really easy to do.
I have learned so much from this book and recommend it highly.

I hope everyone had a great Earth Day.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. I hope everyone has a great day.

The weather here is so nice.It's a perfect day for a egg hunt:)

Today's temp. is supposed to be about 86*.It's sunny,the grass is green and the flowers are blooming everywhere.Perfect Easter day.

We are staying home today.I am sad that we can't be with the rest of the family on Easter but I hope everyone has a very safe and happy Easter.

Get out there and find those eggs:)