Comments mads2 has made

  • lawn ? slope

    I think you really don't need or want lawn on a 'steep slope'.  How much fun is it going to be to mow this slope ?
    Your best bet is what is called ground cover, of which there are many kinds. Certain kinds of
    strawberries, [food!], spreading rosemary bushes, [nice flowers and seasonings for the fish], clover, which enriches your soil  -- and so forth.
    As Umbra says, check with your local ag advisor[the
    advice is free-- taxes do pay for useful services]
    Think of a ground cover that will hold your soil from erosion and possibly put some nutrients into the ground.
    good luck,
    onward,
    mdsOn Umbra on planning a lawn posted 1 year, 7 months ago 4 Responses

  • garbage bags

    What the heck is wrong with the standard, biodegradable paper grocery bag.?? Which I do not see mentioned here?

    It is made out of a renewable resource, which us environmentalists are training people to take better care of, so maybe we won't use up all the trees, but it sure does not produce a disposal problem.

    If you compost,recycle , and then don't buy a lot of throwaway junk, you could be okay.On Umbra on trash bags posted 1 year, 8 months ago 21 Responses

  • saving water

    If you need to let the water run to get hot water--
    --put a bucket or pitcher under the faucet. Turn off water once its hot. Remove bucket of colder water.
    Do whatever you're going to do with the running hot water.
    Put the water you saved on your plants, or flush a toilet with it, or boil it to make tea. Or put it in
    your automatic coffee maker and make coffee.
    Or whatever.

    You will usually have about a gallon of water to do something else with and that you just saved.  You could even drink it !On Umbra on dishwashing and droughts posted 2 years, 1 month ago 10 Responses