Thanks for your comments. I’m glad to hear that you don’t have to have a bin for composting. We started doing exactly what you are saying about two weeks ago. The far corner of our backyard is our designated compost area. I have it marked by a couple pieces of wood! I have been turning it, adding leaves, and watering….so, hopefully I will have success and be able to post about it before too long.

Thanks again for your support!

I quickly read through several of your entries and have a few things to add…

1. Composting: we just began doing this a few months ago. You don’t have to store your heap in anything. We just have ours in the corner of our yard next to where the garden will be. Just make sure to look into things to not put in your heap and to turn it every two weeks to get the green manure you want. I LOVE Rodale’s All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. It’s our first go-round at 1. non container gardening (which worked very well!) and 2. going organic.

2. Green cleaning products. I also LOVE Method cleaning products. You can find them at Target or at http://www.methodhome.com. They are fabulous, green, have funny slogans for everything, and are concentrated so they last a long time for the amount of $$. Also, if you know anyone who sells Melaluca or Shakely products those are good, too. I don’t really care for the Melaluca smell but they have a disinfectant that is OUT OF THIS WORLD good!

3. Cloth diapering… good for you! We haven’t gone that shade of green, but it is definitely something worth checking into.

Thanks for your very educationl site and your energy towards life!