“You know, I use a lot of plastic buying yogurt, I really should make my own.”

Then I see the nice German lady at the farmer’s market selling organic yogurt from her own cows and I think, “I should really support local farms and businesses, after all, this lady needs to make a living.”

It’s quite a dilemma for me.

Also, I’ll definitely be trying to spinach and whatever I can once spring comes. I’m in an apartment right now with only a little patio and crap for natural lighting, or else I would try it inside. Hopefully I’ll get a spot in one of our city’s community gardens.

Jessica

First of all, congratulations on your tiny plastic tally!

Have you ever considered making your own yogurt? I went through fits and starts, but finally hit upon a method that works. I wrote it out in the comments here: http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2011/01/danielle-week-4/

Plus, spinach is ridiculously easy to grow. Not sure if you’re ready to “go there” or not, but I’m in Denver and I generally plant it in October and it grows all winter and into May or June before it gets too hot. It’s survived several bouts of 18 below zero just covered with some frost cloth and a blanket. I’ve also heard of people growing it inside in a window sill, which I’ve never tried, but it could work. Seriously, spinach is one of the few gardening things I’ve never been able to screw up!

I usually only have pop sometimes when we eat out. The husband often goes out to the store in the evening to get himself a snack and returns with a pop for me. If my head is in the game though, I’ll get one of the iced teas in glass – I’ll reuse them for ice tea at home so I can have one in the fridge to grab.

http://www.superiortouch.com/retail/products/better-than-bouillon/organic-bases

I should get paid for promoting this product. :-)