Less Every job I’ve ever had gave out t-shirts. Some jobs I had to purchase a t-shirt* to wear while at work but then also gave me shirts to wear. Currently I make shirts with kids and also make shirts for the org as a project with kids. I have dozens and dozens of shirts that … Read more
When my former workplace sent me to WFH during the early days of 2020 and COVID I decided to rip half my backyard out and turn it to garden. The year before I’d had a successful run of growing tomatoes and peppers. I needed more space for more veggies. I used a no dig gardening … Read more
Years and years ago I dumped the soft denim based insulation from a meal delivery service into my home compost. The company bragged that it was compostable. It was but not in a home compost bin. My compost bin didn’t get to the kind of heat it needed to break down the bio plastics added … Read more
Over the years we’ve had a few different vacuum sealers. We were initially gifted an “As Seen On TV” one from my MIL who had bought one off QVC or somewhere else in the 90s. It worked okay but struggled to suck and seal anything but the thinnest bags. We didn’t like it. Then my … Read more
When we buy an easy chicken (what we call a rotisserie chicken) we save the carcass. That goes into the crock pot or stock pot with carrots, celery, and onion and a little salt. All rough chopped. If I have herbs I’ll add them. But generally I leave this stock pretty plain and add seasoning … Read more
My wife and I used to have a Costco membership, it was gifted to her from a family member. We let it run out because Costco was a pain in the rear to get to. We just never went. And at the time we didn’t have the chest freezer. My parents years ago insisted we … Read more
So I continued my paper pulp making into the last 2 weeks. I’m working to make more pulp for papercrete and paper mâché clay. We don’t have a huge amount of stuff coming in- bills, flyers and such. Over the last few days we had some amazon orders arrive that are on subscription- dog food … Read more
Well the coffee and paper pulp briquettes are dried and now tested. I see now why so many people make them. They are seriously superior to paper alone. All of the recycled paper briquettes put out a quick 20 minute burst of heat. The difference is in the ash left behind. The paper pulp only … Read more
The first batch of pulp made 29.5 small briquettes and 4 fist sized briquettes. Each one burns for about 20 to 30 minutes in the pellet stove and leaves behind a fine white powdery ash. Fly ash and air borne particles seem to be at a minimum. The second batch made another 20 small briquettes … Read more
I’m working on my most recent batch of recycled paper pulp. I had shredded a stack of mail and one of the credit card offers had a grippy matte coating. It reminded me of that rubbery coating a lot of electronics had about 5 years ago. I disregarded my worry and ran it through the … Read more