Friday, April 8, 2011

Greening Times Two

I have been doing a double in the green department. I started with two bunnies and one cage. We added two more bunnies so we needed a second cage. My awesome husband built another one last night with recycled materials of course! I started with one clothes line and realized that our laundry filled one up too quickly so we added another one. By the way, I love these clothes lines because they are not always in view. I just stretch the line across the yard to a hook and when I am done it reels back up. It is like this one below.
 A great investment for about $15 a piece from Home Depot. I have only used my dryer one time since I purchased the first one a month or so ago. I have broken the doubles when it comes to compost piles. With the addition to the new bunny cage comes another compost pile.
We are finally starting the worm bin and I cannot wait to get some worm casting tea to fertilize the garden. The plants are doing good so far. I did use an organic pesticide recently because I noticed lots of baby grasshoppers around the beds. The pesticide was a mixture of sesame oil and fish oil. The odor wasn't great but much better than the toxic alternative.

I completed one of two furniture refinish projects recently. The first is my new china cabinet as you see here.

 This was a very unattractive piece of furniture, in my opinion, before the refinish. My patience paid off. I wanted a larger cabinet to house my glassware and couldn't find one I liked and didn't want to buy new wood to build one. I kept it green by waiting for one I could change up a bit and make it work! I am pleased with the outcome. The next project is curbside entertainment center find that is probably 8 feet long and 6 feet high. This one will take a little longer to complete but it will be worth it in the end. It truly is rewarding to be green:)