Earth Day 2011

Today is Earth Day!

What types of things are you doing to uphold the 5 R's?

Some things I have done recently were to 'Recycle' or 'Reuse' aluminum cans and plastic jugs to reuse for starting my seedlings in.

I have been trying, as much as I can remember, to 'Reduce' by taking canvas totes to the grocery store with me, in an effort to use less plastic bags. And hey, for the plastic bags I do get, I 'Reuse' those to clean out the litter box ;) I am just being honest!

Hubby 'Reused' the sucker branches he pruned off the apple trees to build some trellis for the garden. He also dried some out to be kindling wood for fires in the fireplace.

And of course, we are working on our gardens for this season and we have some seedlings started. Hubby has been turning his 'black gold' manure piles for our garden compost. He also 'Reused' some old windows to build a cold frame, which he's already planted lettuce in.

We have Lilac bushes on our property and every year around this time, hubby digs up some of the small sprouts to give to family and friends to transplant at their place.

So let's hear your ways of participating in Earth Day and the 5 R's. Share in the comments section and help to inspire others.

And to those who will be observing 'Good Friday' today or the Easter holiday Sunday, if you have a tradition in your family of dying eggs like we do, why not try to dye them naturally? There are tutorials for this here and over here at Adventures in Cooking. I would love to give this a try!!

Earth Day Etsy Finds

Earth Day is upon us - have any plans? We'll be working on getting in our gardens and hopefully, weather pending, getting another spray of fungicide on the orchard. I'm watching the rain clouds rolling and hindering the beautiful sunrise as I type.

So, in honor is Earth Day, I found some new Favorite Etsy finds using search terms like 'earth' and 'earth day' :) Enjoy!

These 'Longies' are made from recycled wool and are SOOO cute! I would love to see my nephew Benny Boo running around in them! They are made by Treebottom Wool and are on sale! There is some ca-ute things in this shop! And you can follow their blog for updates too.

A sucker for anything equine, I instantly fell in love with this painting! It would mesh so well in almost any room in my home! Diana has many wonderful paintings in her shop, Lancaster Art, and many equine ones; if you are a horse lover, you will fall in love! Check out her blog too!

Love this dress! it's made of vintage fabric by Chabri -fashions- and they offer FREE shipping in the US! Lots of natural, earthy outfits here, check them out! Fan them on Facebook

And, what better to reflect Earth Day than this lovely photograph! How serene. You can find it in IS Photography; Irene says she is a 'purveyor of little poems for the eyes' :) Visit her blog too.

And here is a sneak peak of something I started last night and plan to finish up today ;) More to come soon.......