Great plant fertilizer
I work at Borders Books in the cafe. One of the things we do in the cafe is save our coffee grounds. Sounds weird, right? I know. I thought so, too. Every 90 minutes when we brew a new pot of coffee, we dump the grounds into an empty coffee bean bag (a big one, [...]
Compost pile Q&A
Shortly after we moved here, the boys started an organism unit in science. Zach’s class had earthworms as one of their organisms and his teacher sent home a note asking for vegetable scraps to add to their compst for the earthworms. So, now that the weather is a bit better (*ahem* warmer…sort of) I’ve been [...]
Green inspiration and piggy busses
I often get inspiration from my kids. Sometimes I’m inspired to take pictures. Sometimes I’m inspired to do a scrapbook layout (which I haven’t done in forever, btw!). This weekend, however, I was inspired to do something completely different. It’s the time of year where I purge winter clothes, and sometimes summer clothes, that are [...]
Where can I recycle old electronics?
I know about Freecycle and Recycle Erie. I’m a member of both groups. But, the electronics I want to get rid of don’t work, or are shells, as in the case of our computer shells. Does anyone know where I can take these things to be recycled?? If not, do any of you want them? [...]












