Daimler-DTNA Portland

My wife and I just took on making salsa and pickles this year!  My Aunt and Uncle have a farm in McMinnville so this was easy for us to accomplish!  We feel silly for not learing this sooner!

I have enjoyed the challenge; it has helped me become aware of amount of meat I consume.  It has also helped me see that I eat many locally sourced meals.  I have been baking my own bread and trying new recipes with spices and herbs.  My next personal goal is to eat no more than one meal a day with meat and then reduce the numbers of times I...

It will maintain a basic temperature in our home make us comfortable and helping our furnace to not work so hard.

thanks to this challenge I was able to winterize my herb garden and cut down on a lot of waste!

Haven't been good about checking in, but have completed my challenges.

For some items it is easy to find alternative recycling methods and/or ways to re-use; for other items not so.  I will limit these items whenever/however possible.  For the others it means collecting - until it warrants a special trip to the alternative sites.  In general, the more we can recycle curbside the better -- as some people will not...