Living green

[jbowen9]

well i was wondering if anyone is living green or close to it or maybe even organic

[Cujo98]

living organic lol, i can't beleive all the stuff thats gone organic now even meat.lol I have switched all the bulbs in my place over to energy effiecent ones does that count?

[Cmang]

I have switched all the bulbs in my place over to energy effiecent ones does that count?

I did that too. And I actually noticed a drop in my bill.. Too bad now that we're using less electricity the power companies are jacking up the monthly price... What assholes.. lol

[Cujo98]

yea i only use about $13 in electricty a month but then i get nailed $20 for delievery charge.....deleivery charge wtf not only pay for electricity but i get the pleasure of being bent over because their willing to send me the power

[Cmang]

$13? Holy shit. I pay $130+ bimonthly. LOL

[billy]

when we found the way to save some money they found the way to take it away from us ....

[Cujo98]

well i have an apartment not a whole house to run off of either that makes the big difference, usually run with all their extra charges about 65 bones a month

[Cmang]

I used to live with a bunch of guys, and our power bll was $400 bimonthly. LOL. I guess we didnt save that much energy. And that was years ago. lol

[jbowen9]

dang man i think i will move beside you mine is 150 a month no matter if were not home lol i have all the new light bulbs what a joke i just have a dim house and still same bill lol

[Cujo98]

well all those heat lamps problably didnt help you bill any Corman ;) lol a dim house, i guess i got lucky mine are actually brighter than the regualr bulbs and dont take any time to warm up

[jbowen9]

as far as organic i usually grow and raise my stuff to eat well alot of it anyway like garden,and alot of my meats so that way i know what they eat and live off from so fresh eggs and fresh chicken,fresh milk and butter cant beat the fresh stuff

[purple_road_dog]

well i was wondering if anyone is living green or close to it or maybe even organic

I sold eggs for 2 dollars a dozen. Checked into farm fresh, organic and free range and it turned out that I was already doing all that unknowingly. Quick change of the sign and now they are worth 4 dollars. The stores sell them for 5. Organic seems to be a buzzword for expensive to me

[Grumpy]

For me I changed almost all my light bulbs over to CFLs. I was a bit disappointed with some of them... they burned out pretty rapidly. But I have yet to replace any recently, so hopefully I'll see a benefit. I also found replacing my fridge made a huge difference. Immediately noticeable on the power bill.

[jbowen9]

ah i usually get 1.50 a dozen here when i sell them i mostly incubate them and sell the chicks and usually raise the little roosters for myself as food i like fresh chicken and dumplings lol but nothing is better than fresh cows milk and butter

[purple_road_dog]

If I had the acerage I would definitely get cows aswell. I am limited to poultry and pork but it is good to know where your meat comes from and what it was fed.

[Grumpy]

Myself, I'm partial to sheep. You get a short well fertilized lawn, sweaters and mutton. How green is that?

[purple_road_dog]

Sheep would be an interesting livestock to raise especially if it meant I didn't have to cut the lawn anymore. That would free up saturdays.

[jbowen9]

boy that no yard mowing does sound pretty good not to mention lamb chops lol getting the sheep crap out of the yard is the big deal breaker though

[Cujo98]

you need those dune beatles, you know the ones that role up crap into a ball and take it away for food. now you get enough of those and you wont have to cut the lawn or pick up the crap, win win

[purple_road_dog]

I forgot about the sheep crap. I buy a fair bit of sheep manure for my gardens. This is actually starting to sound pretty good. They can keep the feilds down. I get free fertilizer for the veggies. Then the meat and nice warm woolen clothing for winter just as soon as my wife what to do with wool. It was a long winter in Ontario. I am having a hard time finding a negative with this.

[jbowen9]

buying hay for the winter lol is the only downfall i am seeing so far

[Grumpy]

buying hay for the winter lol is the only downfall i am seeing so far

Actually, that's not an issue if you're eating mutton over the winter.

[purple_road_dog]

I am seriously considerring it for next year.