Going Green At Home

Well as much as we wanted to move to go green it seems that the powers that be want us to start at our current home first. If anyone has been watching the real estate market and how mortgage companies seem to be having increasingly difficult times, we decided to take the hint.

We are going to continue adjusting our current home until things don't seem so scary out there. Plus as hubby points out we already started with this one, and we know what's left, no new "oops"! Since we just changed half the windows and upgraded all the appliances to energy star 3 years ago, we can now go from there. Plus the more we were looking for a house that took in account sunlight, slope of the lot, and trees, we realized that our home already did that. We have a 1/3 acre lot less then a mile from the city, so we have enough land to plant a small garden, but still close enough that we can get paid a city rate for our work. Can't build the compost toilet anytime soon, but I think hubby is glad about that as the children range from 5-11, so some fear on if they'll remember to cover it up, when they sometimes forget to flush!

Though now that we have decided to stay I'm sorry to say that I have to change the reason of this blog from finding and making an Eco-friendly home to converting our existing home to an Eco-friendly one.

I'm already making plans about adding a deck, and changing our gardens to become more efficient. I'm going to add some berries to the garden so that we can harvest them, plus we are looking into dwarf trees. I plan on having a cutting garden so that I can supply my flowers without buying them. We plan on clearing the backyard so that we can plan a little garden to help with vegetables. Now I really wished I paid more attention when my Memaw was canning. Oh well I'm sure that can still be learned, even though getting a vacuum sealer and freezing works too!

I'm off to do some more research about my plans. I have great ideas, but we can only do so much at a time, especially since I refuse to pay someone to do it for us (at least at this point). I'm hoping that I can teach my children what I learned helping my grandparents with their garden (keep in mind that it was a 1/2 acre garden and feed them throughout the winter) that food doesn't magically appear in the supermarket and it tastes better when you know exactly where it came from and what went in it.