Flicker’s Lair Blog

Posts Tagged ‘reduce reuse recycle’

And so it begins …

April 21st, 2010 by Heidi

I found this lovely harvesting basket on UsedOttawa and look what I found to harvest with it!

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Thou shalt not covet …

April 9th, 2010 by Heidi

… thy mother’s sewing box!

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Feeding Time!

March 3rd, 2010 by Heidi

With Lynn getting sick we discovered that the hay this year was not nearly up to the quality of last year. Last year our sheep happily spent the winter eating nothing but hay with no ill effects. This year, not so much!

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Coffee & Chaff!

February 19th, 2010 by Heidi

A little while back I came across this article from Mother Earth News about using coffee chaff as litter for chicken coops, and I loved the idea. It is a form of upcycling, and even better tends to be free!

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Recycled shelves make for a Winter Hay Feeder

February 10th, 2010 by Steve

This past weekend we had planned for a bit of “time off” and a bit of work. Unfortunately the “time off” was not as planned as we spent most of the weekend looking after Lynn.

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Planting Frenzy

April 28th, 2009 by Heidi

I have been meaning to post this for a while and now we are getting dangerously close to planting outside and I still haven’t told you about all the planting inside that has been going on!

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Reduce – Reuse – Recycle

February 27th, 2009 by Heidi

What a great day! Last year a friend told us about this book fair that is held by a church, and we went along to discover a huge selection with books for $1 and $2! I came away with a bag full of books for $20!

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