Recent content by hinkjc

Our township has a recycling program where Xmas trees are collected on a certain day after Xmas and chipped, to be offered back to the community as mulch in the spring. We also do our own collections when people put them out for the garbage. We gather clean trees (no tinsel or decorations) and...

We burn wood too. Our primary heat is oil, but when the kids are at grandparents, dh and I enjoy the wood stove which provides plenty of heat for the 2 of us. We have a lot of forest here too, so as a routine part of our maintenance we drop dead/dying trees yearly. They are cut to about 4...

I love the craft ideas. I will have to think about that and come up with some cool things to work on. I don't know about use around birds..they do tend to eat them, which I'm sure wouldn't be good long term. The styro chairs is a neat idea too! Thanks and keep the ideas coming. Does...

You know, those big blocks of styrofoam that come as packaging protection for large items. Any suggestions on good uses for them? I hate to put them in the garbage if something good could come out of them.

I've always thought one man's garbage is another man's treasure. lol We put a lot of stuff on our curb (after trying freecycle and no one shows up). It is gone in seconds. Some folks even drive up to the house to ask how much and we're like.."just take it away". A lot of the time we're just...

We made a chicken egg candler out of the metal Maxwell House one. You have to be careful using the plastic lid though, depending on what bulb you use, it can get hot. If you put a bit of aluminum foil inside the lid, it works great or use a low watt bulb. We use the plastic ones (red...