Crunchy living is a term given to hippies back in the day, and refers to healthy, purist consumption and living.
I like the term chewy, because I don't fit 100% into the crunchy ideals.
I do however, like to live with consciousness.
One of the ways I'm living consciously is by doing our best to do the three R's.
ReDuce, ReUse, ReCycle.
I've had a WORM BIN for some time now.
I also have CHICKENS.
Between the two, I am able to get rid of our food waste without a lot left over. Still, there are a few things that neither of them should have. Raw potato and peels are one. Too much citrus and onion aren't good for either... egg shells CAN be fed to chickens, but there are some who say they believe this encourages their chickens to eat their eggs and damage shells.
I've been toying with the idea of starting an outdoor compost for those things that don't fit the chicken or worms recycling system. Thing is, we live in the country now. There are rodents, raccoons, skunks and other pests to keep out, so simply having a pile out in the back wasn't really a great option. Plus, the chickens LOVE to scratch, and I knew that they would tear up a free standing pile in no time. So I checked Lowe's, and found an inexpensive bin that will help keep my compost pile IN a pile!! Still need to nail it down to the ground.
Everyone knows about using their own bags at the grocery store. I just found out that the store I shop at gives you $0.05 off of your total purchase for using your own bags! (just found out, because I ALWAYS forget to bring my bags IN with me! see? only chewy.) I shop Sherm's Thunderbird, for any of you in the Roseburg area. I wonder how many other stores do this?
One thing I saw recently, was REUSABLE PRODUCE BAGS. I found some similar ones at the Dollar Tree, in packs of four. They work GREAT so far!
Back to Composting and Recycling...
I made some compost buckets for sorting and holding food waste. I used the buckets that our Ice Cream comes in, and spray painted them.
Below the counter, I have three laundry hampers for sorting out the recyclables.
Here's the whole thing.
So far so good! I spent about an hour yesterday working on this new system, and setting up the compost bin.
So what tricks do YOU have for chewy living!?
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