Well, here we are , at the end of January already, Last week we had zero garbage out for pickup, There was a garbage bag full sitting outside, so thursday night, I set out some plastic, dumped out the barbage bag, and sorted it out..... we did have 1/8th of a IGA grocery bag of actual garbage left over after sorting, it was food junk, stuff I didnt want to put in the worm bin, or give to the dog.

This past weekend the boys and I did some drywalling downstairs, so we do have some garbage, some drywall scraps. Over the past 2 weeks we have accumulated a grocery bag of garbage.

With minimal efforts this will be something we will continue for along time once our challenge is done.

Here is a family of 7's garbage day morning pickup. no garbage, just stuff for recycling..
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The Worm bin

The Red Worms arrived today, a few days ago, the children and I got the bin ready,

. Every 3 months time we will have a rubbermaid bin full of rich plant soil, worm castings(worm poop), plus they also will have aided in waste reduction... this is an indoor project, that is odourless, also the .."Juice" that collected in the lower tray, is odourless as well and is another great plant food..
this is acomplished with..
this..
And these guys and gals..

Happy New Year 2009!!!

We are a large family, theres 7 of us, We have already been trying to minimize our environmental
impact on the world, we recycle, reuse, and reduce as much as possible, we have more blue boxes at the end of our driveway than any other house in our small town. Its discouraging when we see a family of 4 or even just a couple that put out 3 big bags of garbage and 1 recycling box on garbage day. We a family of 7 manage to only have 1 bag of garbage, we incur alot more waste and packaging and garbage all together but continually only have 1 bag of garbage per week..



We recently decided to try to reduce out stamp even more, we are challenging ourselves to a 3 month zero garbage challenge. Its going to be difficult, but I know we can do it.

but we will need some help and guidance. so any and all will be appreciated.

We are looking for products that will make this venture easier and greener..

our start date will be march 1st.