Additional Thoughts on Self-Reliance

by AnneMarie
(Oak Hills,CA )

Being diligent about recycling, composting, and re-purposing you can eliminate your trash bill. I did just that.

I take my own canvas bags to the store. Made my own compost bins. Bought a paper shredder and shred junk mail, newspapers, cereal boxes and cardboard food packaging.

You can compost more things than you ever thought imaginable. Where there's a will, there's a way!

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Whatever kitchen scraps you have there are many uses and you right, there often more to compost if we just gave it some thought.

I sometimes feed the chooks kitchen scraps that may also go on the compost heap from time to time or even give to the earthworms I am cultivating at the moment.

Don't forget too to put your vacuum cleaner contents on your compost heap too. A great source of all good things here.

For those of you who do your own composting and you also keep bees here is a good recipe to help break your compost heaps down quickly:

To a bucket of hot water add the following:

1 oz nettles
1 oz chamomile
1 lb honey

Mix and leave to stand overnight. Add to your compost heaps. Cover with plastic and your compost will be ready in 6 weeks. No turning necessary.

You can also add some seaweed extract to the mix as this will also help in the breaking down process.

Regards
Kathryn
Countryfarm Lifestyles