We are still working on recycling what we use and composting on our Waste free Wednesdays at school. This week we decided that the recycling bins needed cleaned out and counted.
We have a terracycle box for our glue, the markers go to colorcycle through crayola and the crayons go to the color initiative.
So far we have gathered around 400 glue sticks and 8 pounds of markers and 8 pounds of crayons. I’m so glad that I have students who love to help count everything. 
We also composted on another waste free Wednesday and the compost was cooking nicely when I turned it! We have composted around 70 pounds of food waste this year!
And how lucky am I to have neighbors who drop off food scraps that the hens would love. (They scarfed them down!)
And now for the indoor plants:
I think that the pineapple plant that we are trying to regrow might just make it!
When I was taking down the Christmas crafts from the windows in town I ran across a beautiful old Christmas cactus. I was gushing over how it is so hard to find a real Christmas cactus and she told me to take the pieces that her daughter had cut off. And guess what?! They are rooting!
The ginger that we are trying to regrow is sprouting! I can’t wait to see what this 89 cents worth of ginger turns into!
Today I was able to freshen up the chicken coop and then turn the huge compost.
That compost is mainly the remains of all of the pumpkins and leaves. It is decomposing really well for temperatures being cold.
The weekend is quickly approaching and I am really looking forward to getting more work done around here before winter weather returns! Happy almost Friday everyone! Keep blooming (even in February!)
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