5 weeks old

The chicks are spending most of the day outside now.  Spook's pen is their temp pen until Mill gets a larger tractor made.  He calls it the "chicken ark" I call it their condo.


It was pretty nuts trying to catch them all when I let them out in the yard.  At least 2 of them are pretty spazzy, but now I've taught them to come on their own into the pen when I shake the rattle I made.  They used to crawl through the links in the fences, but now most are too big so they had to figure out where the door is. It's pretty cute to see them all running across the yard.  We'll have to get a video soon.

Tawnya's Green Tips: Greening up your Tea

Fresh brewed tea anyone??

It's so refreshing to have fresh iced tea in these hot days. Did you know that your choices of tea that you buy and how you make it affects our environment?

For our environment, the best tea to buy is an organic, sustainably harvested loose tea that you purchase in bulk. You can strain it out with a reusable strainer and put the tea leaves into the compost when you're done.











The next best option is using tea in an unbleached tea bag without string, staple or tag.  You can put these in the compost also.
  



Glass containers are reuseable and better option than plastic.
    

Seal your container and set out in the sun for several hours.  I leave mine out all day
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When you come home from work, you have fresh tea that night and for the next day. Better yet, the energy from the sun is free, not a penny out of your own wallet.

Enjoy!