Green Household Ch.2

Our household currently has made many right steps in the “green” direction. My home has geothermal heating and cooling as well as LED lights,

Something I wanted to work on this week was utilizing our 3 acres of land and creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly project using our land. I decided to nurse our vegetable garden back to planting conditions and to improve our flower gardens to positively use our land and create less land to cut (less lawn mower gas used and burned) and to plant and revive important vegetation in my yard for soil nutrient and air purification reasons. Home gardens are a great way to eat sustainably and reduce chemical and pesticide use that travels into our waterways and environments. Keeping with the outdoor improvements I also decided to clean up and fix our clothes line so that in can be used again in these upcoming warm months. In our convenience, the clothes line completely broke and we were able to order online a brand new line.

To give reason behind my task choices here are some statistics:

• One cycle of a drying machine uses 4 kW an hour of energy and produces 1.8 kg of CO2.

• And a weighted dryer that is used three times a week will produce 160 kg of CO2 per year.

• Approximately 5.6 billion pounds of pesticides are used EACH year worldwide.

It took a weeks amount of work but mom dad and I worked outside on our gardens. We are almost complete and once the rainy weather lightens up and summer approaches, I can plant all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and herbs in our garden to enjoy.