Subscribegood things list
Inspired by the cutie Nina Beana’s list, here is my own good things list:
- starting to feel in touch with our neighborhood… watching the flow and routine and bustle of the residents and workers.
- new, super-warm maternity clothes courtesy of my mother in law. My belly is not squeezing into too-tight tees any more!
- our dryer broke — and for once in our lives it’s still under warranty! So until next week when the repairman can come, we have socks and undies strewn on every flat surface in the living room.
- waking up to snow on the ground.
- rearranging the furniture in the studio to make it flow better.
- super warm down comforters to sleep under at night.
- my husband’s big red beard (which strangers now come up and talk to him about. ha!)
- mulling over baby names… we have three contenders now.
- meeting out for breakfast at a moment’s notice.
- smiles from my niece who laughs at my funny faces.
- homemade veggie chili lunch (oh yum) over at some friends’ house … good conversation and meeting their baby boy for the first time.
- pasta. with marinara.
- food in general.
- fleece.
- hand-written letters from friends that make my whole day light up.
- crangrape juice in wine glasses.
- black and white artwork (we asked one of our super-talented artist friends to do a b/w piece for us… and he’s working on it… I can’t wait to see it!)
- thinking up homemade christmas gift ideas.
- white christmas lights starting to go up in the village.
- woodwick candles (sound so nice!).
- long walks in the woods with Vince off the leash. He’s so good.
- hand-me-down baby clothes from friends and family.
- wanting a composter for christmas, but not sure what kind… any suggestions anyone?
- reading about eco-showers… wondering if my family would be down with that.
- egg nog.
- looking forward to thanksgiving feasts!
What about you there, sugar-feet… what’s on your good things list?
Composters are great. I have one, it’s pretty basic and it works okay but mine is stationary and hard (impossible) to mix up so. I think they make composters in raised barrels that can be turned to mix up all the stuff inside. I’m going to look into one of those next time.
Can you share some of your ideas for home made Christmas gifts?
great list…
we have tried lots of ways for composting over the last 7 years (vermiculture, 2 different kinds of composters–pain in the neck…etc), but the best way that worked for us goes like this:
1. we have a cute ceramic bucket next to the sink for collecting food scraps.
2. we use small plastic bags (from breads or tortillas we buy) to line it with.
3. every night we tie the bags up and put it in the freezer (as our community garden is far away and freezing seems to fasten the composting time after defrosting)
4. we take the bags out from the freezer and bury them in our vegetable garden’s pathways, just a couple of inch deep.
5. they dissappear after a couple of weeks, the paths become like walking on the clouds, when we open the area we find tons of happy worms ;))
so no need to buy a composter per say, but definitely composting all the way!!!
Such a lovely list!
The woodwick candles are amazing – they smell so good – the whole house from just one!
we sell composters at the garden center i work at – and what you select depends on your needs – we have large rotating barrels – similar to what you posted although ours are larger for much less money – but much less fancy as well! If you are just looking for a place to put your food scraps/garden clippings – to be green – any composter will do. If you eat organic,and are trying to make quick organic compost,the tumbling kind is recommended – as they compost faster. (3 months vs 5-6) and the darker the color of the composter – the faster you’ll see results – as it heats up more quickly in the sun.
raspberry tea (made out of raspberry preserve and some good, strong tea)
Yellow Ginkgo trees
Scent of cold weather and good food on approach :)
http://www.composters.com/compost-tumblers/space-saver-compost-tumbler_38_2.php
we purchased the compost tumbler in the spring and like it very much. We compost all of our kitchen waste and shred all of our recycled paper and cardboard … its sturdy and works well.
Oh your new banner is perfect!!
hmmmm, ginger-lemon-miso soup and WORM FARMING! hee.
you’ll be so happy to compost! i don’t know anything about the composters though. we just have fenced-in circular piles we add too, fork, water and eventually sift. (rural-style) and soon we’re gonna farm worms and they’ll make compost, too. i’m so nerding out—i’m subscribed to an email newsletter called “worm farming secrets”. dork… xo
Lovely inspiration! I hope you don’t mind I borrowed the idea for my blog. Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi Penelope,
Have a happy thanksgiving! :)
Parisa
Ha! I’m pregnant and expecting in April. I, too, have been enjoying crangrape and cranraspberry juice in our wine glasses!
It seems so much fancier! :)
Ooh, all your tips for composting are awesome! Thanks guys! I wish we could do it the rural way… but it won’t work in “the sharing house” unfortunately.