Backyard Projects

We live in a house with a wonderful back yard. I love to look out the kitchen window and admire all of the flowers that are blooming during this time of the year.

The only caveat to this great backyard is that the people who live behind our home are chain smokers, and we usually have to run inside after a couple of minutes of being outside because someone has decided to light up another cigarette. The great thing is that perhaps our neighbors have decided to quit, or smoke inside their home, or maybe they are just on vacation... but for the last week, we have been able to spend all our time outside without being chased away by smoke!! Yeah!

My baby Matt is getting so big! Five months old, and he is still just the sweetest little baby. I LOVE HIM!

To celebrate earth day, I planted a small organic vegetable/herb garden. This is the only space in our backyard that is sunny enough to sustain vegetables. But I decided that a small garden is better than no garden at all!

Did you know that an estimated 30% of garbage that ends up in our landfills is compostable kitchen waste?!

We built a compost bin this weekend with untreated wood that was left over from various projects. This is just one way that we are trying to lessen our footprint on our earth. Conservation is a top priority for our family. I want my children and grandchildren to be able to continue to live on this earth!

We are always looking for new ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! If you have any ideas, please send them my way!