2009/04/22–Earth Day
It’s Earth Day today, and in the spirit of recycling, I’m reprising a few posts on greening your life.
2009/03/28–Compost, Road Tripping, Reclaimed Item Dog Bed, and more
Well, I’ve been busy, even if I haven’t posted about it. This morning I got up and constructed a new compost bin. I had a 55-gallon drum on a pivot that someone made for me right after I moved. The main problem with it is that there are no handles, so once it got more…
2008/12/11– Fishing Line Recycling
Much of the litter found in waterways isn’t just unsightly, it can be dangerous. Monofilament line (fishing line) is a hazard to boat props because it can become tangled around moving parts and damage the motor. More importantly–to anglers and other nature lovers–monofilament can be dangerous or even deadly to marine wildlife. The Boat US…
2008/11/16–Eagle Scout Project
Normally when I get a comment posted to this site I approve it but don’t make much of a comment one way or the other. Today I got a different sort of comment that I felt really needed to be highlighted by me making a regular post about it (emphasis is mine). You can read…
2008/11/08–Backcountry Coffee
This morning I was putting some chicken in the slow cooker for dinner and I decided to use a little sea salt to flavor things. When I gave a quick twist to the plastic grinder I realized it was pretty similar to the hand crank grinder my friend Nora gave me for my birthday. Me…
2008/09/24– Across Indiana
The PBS Program “Across Indiana” (produced by WFYI, Indianapolis) came out at the end of August to shoot some footage of the park where I work and live (well, the Park end of it. the other end, Brookville Lake, is 16,000 acres with 5,000 of that in water). We spent 8 hours out on the…
2008/03/06– Make a Clean-Up Bag Dispenser
I usually carry a reusable bag when I go shopping, but many times the cashier forgets to put my purchases in the sack or, on occassion, I forget to bring the bag on my shopping trips. This leads me to collecting plastic shopping bags by the dozen– I reuse them as trash bags and to pick…
2007/12/21– Dog Jacket Pattern
I needed to get Beau a new jacket since the one I had for him was actually Lucy’s and didn’t fit him properly. I also have a hard time finding a commercial jacket that fits since he has a deep chest and skinny waist. I found this pattern for Greyhounds–also deep chested and skinny waisted. I used…
2007/12/20– The Torontoist
Today I found an article in The Torontoist about snowshoeing–much more popular there than here in Southeast Indiana where we’ve lost most of this year’s snow (40 degrees for Christmas, baby!). They linked here for the pattern about making your own wooden pack (swiss-army) snowshoes. Some of my readers may remember when I started UberPest.com…
2007/12/17– Trail Construction and Maintenance
If you are at all involved with trail construction or maintenance, please take a look at the USDA Recreational Trails Program publications. Even if your involvement with trails is only as a user, it’s interesting to see why things are built the way they are. It might even make you pay better attention to how…