peticook's Profile

We take grocery bags (plastic) back to our local Kroger store for recycling. We installed all Energy Star apliances when we built our house two years ago. We live in a rural area so I can throw out food scraps that will either decompose or be eaten by wildlife. I still use papertowls, but I have cut way back on them. I also use them over, when I dry my hands on them or use them for anything thats not greasy or sticky, I reuse them to clean up cat messes. We have two older male cats, one can't seem to urinate in the litterbox anymore, the other one seldom manages to deficate in the box,so I reuse alot of papertowls. It makes me feel less guilty about using them.I use soda & vinegar for cleaning alot of things, but I do still use some comercial cleaners.I recntly got an infestation of tiny moths in my pantry,(they hatched out of organic pumpkin seeds) I got rid of them with clove oil, (7 drops to a pint of warm water in a spray bottle). I sprayed the shelves heavily, top, bottom, & sides. I'm not entirely sure whether I drownd them or what but it worked. I hate the very thought of using chemical pesticides. This is my first post, I hope I didn't go on too long.