Sunday, June 7, 2009

not buying it - week 13



clothing

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food
-harvesting salads from the lawn and garden: carrots, chickweed, kale, dandelion, violet, day lily shoots, lettuce, spinach, radishes, asparagus, dill, lamb's quarters, cilantro, mint, lemon balm
-strawberries & zucchini/summer squash from garden
-eggs and milk from our backyard
-made yogurt from milk

household

-reusing plastic bags for trash bags

utilities
-diligently shutting off power strips each night for computer/dsl and tv/dvd player
-making sure lights are off when we are not in the room

gifts
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exercise/self improvement
-hooping
-weeding
-knife throwing

homestead
-greg brought home a 15x15 strip of rubber roofing material he got from contractors for free (perks of being an architect) to use for lining the water pond i am digging
-got some pots through freecycle for used it potting up plants to sell
-starts of wild gooseberry and scallions (from the freecycle lady who gave me a ton of pots)
-cutting up empty feed bags to line paths i am mulching


education
we are on spring break

weaknesses
-bought locally made organic wine at the festival yesterday and crap food at another festival today (i was too tired to make our lunch today)

purging
-weeds...does that count?!

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