Showing posts with label earth day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earth day. Show all posts
Happy Earth Day everyone!
I'm so happy it's spring and we are celebrating Earth Day. I thought it would be a great idea to share some different ways to celebrate Earth Day.
Last year I planned out how I was going to use seeds for my container gardening. If you missed that post you can read about it here. I bought the seeds and trays that I wanted to use online from Amazon.
I bought this big bag of soil and some seed packets to use from Home Depot. I enjoyed watching the process of the seeds growing indoors on my windowsill.
The hard part was to try and transplant the seedlings into pots to grow. You can read about that blog post here. I had a hard time trying to get the seedlings to grow strong without dying. I also had squirrels digging up the seedlings. If you've tried growing plants from seeds and had success with it, please let me know what you did.
I tried re-growing lettuce last year with success. I transplanted the romaine lettuce into a large pot outside in my yard. I was happy that the lettuce head grew big enough for us to eat salads a few times.
I had an old plant stand that was rusted out and I made it over last year to look pretty. The stand just needed some paint that I had leftover from my bathroom redo a few years ago. This was an easy and economical DIY project. I am happy I was able to save the plant stand instead of throwing it in the trash.
- You can change out using a plastic straw for a metal straw. You can also bring one to a restaurant to use.
- Use a cloth tote bag when shopping. There are so many available that are made with thin material that will fit into your handbag.
- When gardening use biodegradeable peat pots.
- Instead of buying plastic bottles of water, you can use a Swell bottle or a similar bottle for water.
- I started using The Original Makeup Eraser to remove my mascara and makeup. You add warm water to the cloth and it removes all of your makeup with ease. I used to use makeup remover wipes to take off my makeup. It's an eco-friendly way to remove makeup. I bought my set at Costco. It's also available on Amazon.
- Buying clothes at a Thrift Store. I know my daughter and her friends like to buy clothes in thrift stores and also at online thrift stores.
How will you be celebrating Earth Day?
Hello blog friends.
Happy Earth Day!
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Back in March, I decided I wanted to plan out my container gardening by planting vegetables and lettuce seeds.
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I ordered on Amazon the seed starter kit, and some vegetable and lettuce seeds. I added to the trays dirt and seeds as seen below. The seed starter kit came with labels that I wrote out the name and placed them in each section.
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| Day 1 - 4/1/20 |
You can see below the growing process.
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| Day 1 - 4/1/20 |
I added water to each section and placed the cover on the trays with a half vent. I placed each of them in a big tray and put it on my window sill indoors where the sun shines in the afternoon.
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| Day 1 - 4/1/20 |
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| Day 6 - 4/6/20 |
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| Day 13 - 4/13/20 |
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| Day 17 - 4/17/20 |
I will soon be transferring the seeds into pots and bring them outside when the weather is warmer.
I will need to add chicken wire or something around the pots since I have a lot of squirrels that run around my yard. The squirrels love to dig up the dirt. Using the chicken wire was recommended by a neighbor. I'm hoping that this works to keep the squirrels away.
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| Happy Earth Day! |
Have you done any gardening lately?
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