Live Like Grandma Did

This pithy little post was published at Eco-Guides.us Blog on June 1st.
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I was almost off to the store the other day to replace my plastic watering can, that mysteriously disappeared after some children’s water play in the yard. (Hmmmm) Then I stopped myself. Did I really need another plastic something? What would my grandmother have done? My grandmother lived through the Depression and like many others of that era, she didn’t waste. She found new purposes for old things. And so, I went to the giant recycle bin and dug out a milk jug, found a cap and poked some holes in it, filled it with water and voila! a watering can.

Before you buy something new at the store, stop and
1. ask yourself, “do I really need this?”
2. “do I have something else that would work?”
3. “does my neighbor have something I could borrow?”

and then if you decide you do need it (absolutely need it), then select a product that will last and one that is made with recycled materials.