Okay, Tuesday we discussed what type of composting bin is best for starting your first compost pile as well as what you can put in it.  Today will are working on what to do next.  So, let's get cracking! Once you have your container ready to go with GBOAWS, the next step is caring for your compost pile.  First you need to be sure you're turning the pile regularly, about once every week.  The best thing to turn the compost pile is a...

The folks over at Botanical PaperWorks sure know what they are doing.  The eco-friendly paper supply company was started back in 1996 by Heidi Reimer-Epp and her mother Mary Reimer who wanted to start a green center for papermaking and creative stationary design. It's now 2009, and 13 years have given Botanical PaperWorks the know-how to make beautiful and earth-friendly wedding invitations and stationary. Botanical PaperWorks chooses to...

Last week we discussed how much we throw away without giving those carrot peels a second thought.  This week we are going to be pushing composting and how to get started. First, we need to discuss compost bins.  We like to use commercial bins since only using the ground as your compost heap will attract all kinds of unwanted critters to your house to get those carrot peels, and we don't want that. When choosing a compost bin, remember...

You don't know it yet, but you're going to be turning over a new, greener leaf today.  Yes, it's true. After going through our garbage here in the office we asked you to look into your own trash bin.  So, what did you find? We found: Coffee grounds Carrot peels Dry cleaning plastic someone was too lazy to throw away Now, let's go through our list.   First off, coffee grounds are a perfect solution to add to your gardening...

Today we're going to explore how much you and your family are throwing into the garbage and what we can do about and with that waste. As we discussed on Thursday, 30% of the average American household's garbage is food waste such as carrot and potato peels.  But what else have you got in that dirty little secret of a garbage can? Plastics?  Glass?  Paper?  Aluminum?  Now, we have harped enough on recycling, so we're just going to go...