Share The Spare Day

Father’s Day Gift Ideas?

 

On June 8^th we enjoyed our second Burlap Sack Giveaway at CACG.

 

 About 400 used coffee bags were repurposed. These bags would have become landfill if not for the diligent recycling efforts of Marie Knutson recycling coordinator for Allied Waste Services and our own recycling maven and Cindy Lauper lookalike (although I don’t think I can say that here) Jennifer.

 

 Other previously owned items also showed up for sharing in the true spirit of “Sharing the Surplus”

We asked people what they planned to do with their sacks.

Over 90% said they would use them for gardening in some way.

Art and crafts were also mentioned. Use with chickens and beekeeping was listed a few times. One person took 30 sacks for use in classroom sack races. Should that be listed as sports?

 

If someone wants a large number of sacks in Contra Costa County Marie Knutson is the person to contact at 925 671 5814

 

Thank you Jennifer for initiating these sack giveaways.

 

Jennifer is also working on a regular monthly ‘Crop Swap’ at CACG.

More details soon.

Another doyen of the local recycling world is Doug. He recently made this seed box out of recycled wood and added a fine burlap handle. If you want to find recycled, free stuff talk to Doug. I give him A+ for creativity on his use of burlap.

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day to all.

 

David

 

davidmudgegardens@yahoo.com

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