You could also show them what will be done with them, by planting something in one of the containers. It will almost be time to plant lettuce and leafy greens, and start tomatoes and herbs indoors before moving them to outdoor pots or gardens. Chives do well in small containers, and can be used rather quickly after sprouting.

Reduce Trash and Help Kids!

Finally, a use for those yogurt containers piling up in your kitchen! Yogurt containers cannot be recycled in Boone, but now you can bring them back to the grocery store and help a great local nonprofit! Bring your clean 6oz and 32oz yogurt containers to Earthfare, Lowe’s Foods, Harris Teeter, or the Children’s Playhouse and help the Playhouse earn money from each container. These containers will be reused by Terracycle for planting pots. What a great win-win for everyone! All proceeds benefit The Children’s Playhouse, a nonprofit children’s museum in Boone. For more information call The Children’s Playhouse, 828-263-0011.

I’m learning a lot lately about ways to honor the earth that I believe God created. Don, AKA “The Bald Guy” can take a lot of the credit for my increasing “green-ness.” Is that a word? Anyway, what are some ways you reduce, reuse and recycle with your kids?