How Green Are You?

Some questions to help determine how green you are:
1)  You are cooking and must peel and chop onions and then flat leaf parsley to add to your dish.  Do you:

1.    Throw into your garbage the onion peels and parsley stems?
2.    Throw into your sink garbage disposal the onion peels and parsley stems?
3.    Throw into your compost bin the onion peels and parsley stems?
4.    Throw the onion peels into a freezer bag for later  use as a natural egg dye and add the parsley stems to a freezer container for a later stew/soup pot.

If you answered # 3, then you are green; if you answered # 4, you are greenest.

2)  You are cleaning kitchen counter surfaces and for your cleaner, you are using:

1. Bleach?
2. A commercial, off the shelf cleaner?
3. White vinegar and water with a dab of lemon juice?

If you answered # 3, then you are green.

3)  Newspaper can be:

1. Disposed of with the daily garbage?
2. Separated into the paper bin for recyclables?
3. Saved in bulk and donated to the local animal shelter for their use?
4. Mulched into your garden, used for craft paper, used for lining your chicken nesting boxes?

If you answered # 2, you are green; if you answered # 3, you are greener; if you answered # 4, you are greenest!  

4)  When updating your wardrobe, do you:

1. Go buy new off the shelf clothes in the latest fashion?
2. Go to the local thrift stores and find good clothes even though it may be a previous year's fashion?
3. Find something great at a thrift store and modify it to look unique for you?
4. Swap clothes with a like-minded, like-sized friend?

If you answered #2, you are green; if you answered # 3 you are greener; if you answered # 4, you are greenest.

Today is beautiful in North Alabama with a bright blue sky and plenty of sunshine.  Hope to get out and charge up my electric lawnmower and sweep out my shed and crack some hickory nuts for a hickory nut torte!