Monthly Archives: February 2012

Karmic Recycling Tip of the Week: Don’t Bag Your Bulk Food

plastic containers reused for purchasing bulk food from the grocery store

Why not cut the plastic bag out of the process of buying bulk foods, and simply put my bulk items directly into plastic tubs to take home? I certainly had enough of them accumulating in my house from purchases of Trader Joe’s goodies or other items that came in useful containers that I didn’t want to throw away.

The Diet of Worms, Week 8: Frozen Dinners

Does chopping and freezing kitchen scraps help the worms in your worm bin eat up faster? Today’s post attempts to find out. Full post at http://www.karmicrecycling.com/2012/02/25/the-diet-of-worms-week-8-frozen-dinners/

The Diet of Worms, Week 7: How Much Can Worms Eat?

How much food will the red worms in a well-functioning worm bin eat? Enquiring minds, including those at Karmic Recycling, want to know, as our bin is getting mighty full these days. Read this week’s Diet of Worms post for some enlightening information.

Karmic Recycling Tip of the Week: Return Your Empties

The days of the milkman coming to pick up your empty milk bottles from an insulated box in front of your  house and exchanging them for full ones in are long gone (I’d be dating myself to say that I remember this from when I was little, so I won’t say it). Beer and soda bottlers also…

The Diet of Worms, Week 6: The Tragedy of Food Spoilage

It’s a cryin’ shame when food goes bad. When good produce goes bad in the fridge or on the counter before you’ve even had a chance to eat any of it, well, that’s just a tragedy. It was not a good week in my home for food spoilage. I gave an entire bunch of dill…

Karmic Recycling Tip of the Week: Save the Stems!

This week’s Karmic Recycling Tip of the Week is to save your stems. Now right off, let me tell you that I am not talking about That Kind of Stems. I realized that I had to clarify this after doing a Google search on “Save the Stems,” and found all sorts of interesting things that…

The Diet of Worms, Week 5: What Foods Don’t Worms Like?

What foods don’t worms like? We’ll answer that question in this week’s Diet of Worms update, which is a few days late due to being out of town for a little while last week. According to the instruction booklet that came with my Wriggly Wranch, “Worms will eat almost any food that you eat (as…

Karmic Recycling Tip of the Week: Clean with Lavender

Last week we put a little fun into the laundry process (just a little— this is still laundry we’re talking about) by using dryer balls instead of dryer sheets. This week I’ll tell you about another product that is not only good for the environment but makes cleaning just a bit more bearable if you…