Reduce, reuse and recycle

My friend turned me on to ThredUp, an online store to buy clothes you want and sell what you don't. What a perfect way to recycle! In their package insert they explain, "We know shopping secondhand helps the world in some small way, and we're proud to be a part of that. We know being a conscious consumer matters. It matters to us, it matters to you, it matters in the whole big picture of the world."  Cool!
#reducereuserecycle
+thredUP

Rats! Time for a new compost system

Well, I don't know for sure it was rats, but I'm thinking that's who was burrowing into my compost pile at night, eating all the organic bits of fruits and veggies trimmed from my bell peppers, cantaloupes, and watermelon. Cookie, our dog, had gotten a little too excited about these supposed rats and was digging in the compost and/or barking at them in the middle of the night.

So my dear husband went to Costco and bought a double barrel compost bin that unfortunately is made with so much plastic that I'm not sure if we're in the 'sustainable zone' here but nonetheless, may help us to compost more, and peacefully at that.

I took all of the compost from my pile and sifted it with this old yellow milk crate giving me quite a lot of fresh compost for my fall vegetable seedlings, and deposited the larger uncomposted pieces into the barrel on the right. Once that's full, we will use the compost and start using the one on the left.