I worked in recycling my whole life. I just want to point out, it is a business just like any other business. While I prefer to recycle anything that can be recycled, it honestly, is not a solution. The process of making the material useable again, generates just as much pollution, and uses just as much energy, as it took, to make that material from virgin materials. And the resulting product is an inferior one. All it does, is gives corporations an option for a lesser quality material, to make their products out of. Resulting in, an inferior product! Which they sell, to us! And don’t expect that cost savings to find its way into the price tag. Oh no! That saved money, for using an inferior, cheaper material, finds its way into the companies profits. While we are left with an inferior product, that won’t last very long. Which typically, ends up in a landfill. While we go out and spend more money, to buy another inferior replacement. Which, don’t forget, used energy, and generated pollution, to create! Which is never calculated into the figures about “does recycling help”? Now, don’t get me wrong. I fully believe we should recycle. I just feel it’s the best option, out of the options we are given! Much better option, is that manufacturers use different materials to start with! I can’t be the only one who notices that our grandparents washer and dryer, tv, and deep freeze, are still going strong. While the new one we just purchased, has already turned to rubbish. There is a reason for it. I suggest, the reason is more intentional, than, simply a happenstance. These corporations are making much more money. While out income is increasing by les and less. And we need to replace things, sooner and sooner. Yet, those in power want me to believe that they are concerned about the environment. Actions speak louder than words.
I understand what you are saying but I only recycle things for myself if it's something I like for my home or a garment I like...yes corporate are only out to profit from us the buyer...I do agree with you...
@@izzy1949 Oh yes, UPCYCLE!! Now that’s a program I can get behind myself! I have so many cans and canisters. A bunch. And I reuse for storage. And I just made a quilt out of old clothes that were too worn or had holes in them. The inside, instead of batting, I just used fleece pajamas. It is so warm, yet light weight! All cardboard and paper goes into my compost bin. Even my space heaters are from pieced together “broken” ones that people were tossing out. Up cycling is a real solution. Better than recycling. But even at that, manufacturers could do much better than they are! I remember when everything was in glass containers. And I remember tasting the plastic. Yet, here we are. Everything in plastics,
Its the same as having a Tesla. What did we save? What did it take to make the batteries? What will it take to charge the batteries? When the batteries are dead, what will it take to recycle them?
@@cbskip546 Exactly. They make a whole lot of claims, and majority just accept the narrative, never questioning anything. Majority of their claims are flat out lies. And, if you look into soil regeneration, the micro biome of soil, how plants interact with the micro organisms, and how they take the carbon from the air, down into the dirt, you begin to realize a whole lot more lies! Especially when you know that glyphosate/round up, is an antibiotic. And gmo plants, and the whole thing! It is very disgusting. And kinda scary. Knowing that those in power, have an agenda, and they are succeeding. God help us.
I can remember the time before plastic when milk came in cartons and glass bottles, your groceries were bagged in paper and there was no such thing as a 2 liter bottle of soft drinks. Was told by those in power that by switching to the plastic, we would be saving the environment by saving the trees. Never liked the plastic grocery bags but if you asked for paper, you got the dirtiest look from the bag person. I'm always amazed at how many plastic bags it will take to bag my groceries for the week, shaking my head because they'll only put one item in the bag for one reason or another. I take my own reusable bags to go shopping and have been doing it for several years. It's not because I'm so into recycling but tired of the cheap handles on the plastic bags ripping before I can get the groceries into the house.
For a while there, our recycling center was taking all types of plastics, but now they don't. Several months ago there was an article about how even some of those approved plastics are being sent to landfills anyway. And then we can't get the plastic shopping bags from stores anymore, BUT you are supposed to buy Glad or Hefty or ??? store brand garbage bags in various sizes to put your landfill garbage in. Makes no sense at all. And then you are NOT supposed to throw ANY light bulbs, no matter what kind, in your trash. You are supposed to wrap them up & take them miles away to a hazardous waste center to be disposed of... Needless to say driving miles to get rid of three or four light bulbs? Makes no sense.
There shouod be more piblic friendly recycling programs and more access to help folks recycle and more often. Even if its just several recycling stations around towns like they have for donations. Some areas I see a fair amount of recycling stations and other areas where there is none. Then you have to hunt down places to bring recycling to. I called my county today, they only accept certain items to be disposed on certain times of the year!!! Which is better than nothing, if you cannot get your timelines to match up, its a pain 😵 I have paint I was trying to dispose of with our county's local Hazardous Waste office.
Just started our spring cleaning! We’re living in a camper while we remodel the mobile home on our homestead. Spring cleaning consisted of pulling off all the blinds and cleaning the windows and window sills.
I'm renovating a mobile home so i'm always throwing away the old stuff i can't use- we don't have big rubbish pick up or a dump. Trying to let it pile up
My husband & I have been full-time RVers for 9 yrs. We'd planned to retire & always live in an RV. We've now decided we need extra room to store food. I want to can & dehydrate. We're buying a couple of acres to garden & a mobile home & turning one of the extra bedrooms into a walk in pantry.
Great video Mike I agree we all need to be more caring about our environment and the world we are leaving for our children snd all humans in the future!! I use as much glass as possible for storage and I put old used lids from canning on with old rusty rings not good enough for canning anymore but still useable for storage of dry goods and left over food in the fridge ! Your teaching you kids ti be mindful also which is a valuable lesson yi learn and use !! God bless y’all and I hope Lacey’s wrist and neck are doing better after her adjustment !! ❤️🙏✝️🙋🏻
I've been following your channel since you started. You are such a pleasant and likable family. I love your simple and authentic lifestyle and I`m sending you nice greetings from Germany.
I think this is your best contribution ever! Carolyn/Vermont Cat Lady formerly from San Diego, CA. Amazed how non-recyclable our system is! I now use Smart Cat litter/made from grass (not clay, horrible smell, like cement/definitely not recyclable). I flush the solids from my cat, Awesome, and the urine-saturated clumps go into future flower beds. I used to use World’s Best Cat Litter…it was great. But company uses GMO corn. I inquired into this via WBCL website and the company response…not an issue! To me, it’s an issue. So Smart Cat is my favorite cat litter for many reasons. Awesome loves it, too! 💚😸💚
Mike, you hit the nail on the head! I'll even go one step further. We need struggles and resistance for our mental health as well! I honestly think this is the reason why our society is failing horribly.
No our society is failing miserably because we have a bunch of TV brainwashed people running around. Our political parties are TWO WINGS of the SAME dirty bird. BOTH funded by our COMMON ENEMY. All have the SAME BLOODLINES. ALL Masonic.
Cardboard makes a great weed barrier. I live very rural so we have to go through the same thing. Hauling our own waste materials,so we try to limit buying things with waste packaging as much as possible.
Hi just found you guys. Love to watch you , so hope this will be a long relationship. My name is Judy .I am from Louisiana,74yrs old and spend my time watching my TH-cam families. GOD BLESS
Spring Cleaning is important for sure. We no longer use plastic for water. We bought a Berkey water system. Time to dump ash cans. Clean small appliances on counters. It all must be done.
That looked like an old tank they were bringing in to recycle. My husband works for a construction maintenance company, he always requests a recycling container for scrap. Free, easy money
We use covered tubs from Lowe’s for our recycle. We keep the tub outside our back door. The tub are covered so it keeps the water out. We have marked the tub, glass, cans, plastic. When they are filled we load up the tubs and they are already sorted so we can just dump.
I have been watching your channel for a long while now. Very interesting the way the whole family works together. Your daughter is definitely a asset to the homestead and it shows. I noticed something in the video that told me... we are practically neighbors. Who knows maybe I will run into y’all in town someday. Sooner if you want someone to show you how to fish that pond.😂😂😂😂 Good luck to your misses with her healing process.
Get well Lacie soon and thanks to God you have a good family to help you get through this time. You and Mike are a good fit along with those adorable kids. God bless you and your family
I am so happy to see you cleaning up because it seems that people that have a lot of land keep their garbage all over the land and it looks ridiculous! I went to see some house with more land and the neighborhood was despicable, trushy! What a shame! I don't like to use plastic, I prefer glass and cardboard. I hope your wife feels better soon! 🤗🤗
I think recycling, upcycling and thinking of ways to reduce the waste you send to the landfill is a part of being a good steward of the resources that God has given us! Thanks for showing some ways that you do it!
I couldn’t agree more about getting away from plastic, unfortunately so many products are in plastic that it’s not 100% possible to do away with it in my life! I love that you involved the kids in recycling, where my sister lives in Surprise Az they do not recycle and it bothers me a lot🤷🏼♀️🙄I recycle even when it’s not required myself but she cannot. Sending Lacie prayers 🙏🏻
It has been so long since I went to Foils. Nice. That gas tank from in ground was huge. That would have been a nice payday. I liked scrapping for money. I had fun.
FYI...something I have seen a couple homestesder do when butchering chickens, they dig the planted bagged bird in hot water to vacuum seal! HOT plastic is what leaches, even if just for a second that is all it takes to start the breakdown. I hope the one person I saw do it read my comment on his vlog since he has had some skin issues last summer he was trying to beat with the Carnivore diet. I so get the slip up, I do it to. You realize when you realize, just make the change when you catch yourself! Bless your family, ty for the tips you share.
So this is my advice. Your kids are to the age of being able to take on the recycle responsibility. Have them come up with a business plan to recycle as a family or even engage neighbors or other family members in it. This empowers them into thinking independently and as an entrepreneur to earn money as well as engaging good stewardship. I think this is important that we teach our kids these skills, as they get older they will develop leadership and teaching skills toward others. Oh and yes, I have a fall cleaning schedule and spring cleaning schedule, both inside and out. That way when it’s 100 degree outside, all we do is mow, feed, weed, and put away garden vegetables. Which is plenty. But if we do the main cleaning in the fall and spring as well as repair, and new builds, it makes it easier. Hugs and love from Texas!
As soon as the snow melts we will be doing a huge cleaning. Thing is, right now, there is a foot plus in SOME areas, other areas are down to soil. However, not able to get it done until it's all gone. We do a HUGE cleaning in spring, mid summer AND fall. Winter is long and cold here. My kids help throughout the year! Cant wait to get on as soon as the snow is gone!
Coffee is the most important meal of the 🌄! I live within Costa Oaxaca Mexico Loads of plastic. I watched a video by local group dedicated to recycling. They filmed a fisherman opening the intestines if a dorado or mahi mahi and it was full of plastic waste. It's a wake up call for sure. Although I reuse/recycle and reuse again the majority of the plastic, there's still loads of pails full of rubbish in the month. I'm fixing to make my own electrolyte beverages. Living on the beach where it cools down to 70F, requires them. I can only reuse so many plastic bottles for water.
I had same symptoms in my left side and did many things for several years to relieve pain and numbness. After suffering stroke and symptoms of heart attack . I finally found a holistic doctor and he did other scans and test just as precaution. I had left subclavian steel syndrome that require stents or a bypass. This surprised me as I have been a very healthy eating athlete all my life along with be a nurse for 40 years. Please if symptoms persist have further test just to be sure. Praise GOD a couple of large stents opened Artery and numbness and pain went away. Praying yours is Minor and can be taken care of easily.
Oh Lacey hope you get your trapped nerve sorted...I know how much pain you can have with trapped nerves...well done mile teaching your children good values...
My biggest gripe is Walmarts pick up packers use one bag for little items, so you have sooo many bags with a small this or that and then you have a pile of bags to discard…..I save mine to put greasy trash in and to use as containers for seeds, garden items, I cut them open and cover seedlings with them to maintain moisture. If you save enough you can make woven matts with them as some charity groups do for the homeless to use to keep from laying on wet ground. There’s also ways to make them into bags…. Plastic bottles I take and make them into slow watering containers….when we go away I’ll put several in around plants with a few fine holes they keep the soil moist. I’ve taken our Maxwell house coffee cans and used them for nuts, nails and bolts storage, some keep seeds and bulbs dry and I’ve taken ten of them and made into bird houses in our woods. I screw a piece of scrap wood to the back. I then make some small holes for ventilation and I make a circle on the lid for a doorway….unfortunately I can’t remove the name on it but I’ve tried preparing them by sanding and painting them with outdoor acrylic paint but no luck on it staying painted….I had hoped to have my grand children paint them as a art project….. Some containers I’ve filled with natural items for bee and bug motels and hung them near my garden…… There’s a man from I believe the Philippians that makes really nice planters with plastic bottles and also takes plastic bags and hangs them on a pole and plants items in them…..I take fabric and make my own grow bags but you can use the shopping totes you can buy from Tractor Supply with farm animals on them and plant in them in around the garden and have portable containers with beneficial plants for birds….I’ve used Walmart $.50 blue shopping bags but the only last two seasons. In my greenhouse I’ve planted veggies in boxes and then I plant the whole box in the garden never disturbing the plants and the box naturally disintegrates….. I’ve saved plastic cups from parties and use them as seed starters, also containers from berries etc…. We all can use and reuse it’s just having a mindset to do so……my husband brings home scrap pieces of hard wood from building log homes….to be used in the wood burner but lol I stash the nice wood away and I’ve made planters , little tables for plants etc and now I’m cutting pieces 2 x 2 for a hard wood table top….I’ve taken old window frames and painted them stapled old fencing on it and made hanging drying racks for flowers and herbs…..
We were at a park in shelter with picnic tables. It had been rented out for the day by friends. There was a bin with 2 trashcans, one for recyclable items and one for regular trash. The worker came to empty trash. I noticed she threw both black plastic garbage bags into the back of her pickup truck along with the other trash she had already picked up from the other picnic areas. She stopped to talk and I asked her how does she tell the difference between the bags when she gets back to where she has to take them. She said they have to offer a recycle and a regular trash bin, however it all goes into the trash. She said that people really are not careful to separate the recyclable from regular trash and they do not go through and separate the recyclables. SO, what is the point of having separate bins if it all goes to the same trash pile!
Our town has stopped recycling everything but cardboard because they said it was costing more than they could make from it. I don't like the thought of plastics so I use cloth shopping bags and buy as little plastic as possible.
I live on the "Far-Left Coast where recycling a frig is a much bigger process. It must be first decommissioned of its Freon before the metal in it can be recycled.
Hi Mike, I liked this 'real' episode today. I had an idea about your recycling plastic accumulations. I am in a few groups on Facebook called Winter Sowing, Winter Sowers, etc. We collect plastic water jugs, milk jugs, etc. And use them as mini greenhouses for starting veggie seeds during the winter. I have several businesses and friends collecting jugs for me. If you posted something a few times during the year you might get some takers. Just a thought. And re-using, and re- purposing is always a good thing. Be well, green on! JoDean and Wes Bennett, Golden Terra farms in NM
We've been living in RV parks the last 9 yrs & have recycled aluminum when we could. Only once in all this time has a park offered recycling of paper, glass & plastic. We just closed on our forever retirement property & we will definitely be recycling all we can. We will burn paper & cardboard & have found a place to take aluminum. The problem is plastic. I use cloth shopping bags, earth friendly, no plastic laundry soap (tru Earth) & buy in bulk when I can to reduce packaging. Once you get in the groove of reducing your usage of plastic it gets easier but sadly, it's impossible to eliminate it all together.
Mike, this has been on my mind for years and even more so this past year. I am passionately frustrated with recycling and overall the materials companies use to store products in. I have been eating clean for almost 10 years. I continue to strive to find the utmost quality of orgaic items to buy and consume. What drives me bonkers is the amount of plastic!!! Even the best products like healthy foods are in plastic containers vs glass, paper, cardboard, etc. Most of everything especially food products including organic ones are put into plastic containers 😫 I do my best to upcycle and working on growing our own food to depend on stores less. I wish more companies would strive to do better with selection of containers they store products in. I wish there was more planet friendly containers foods and all came in. 💜💛💚🌱🌎
My husband re-organized the garage already! We had a whole contractor bag of stuff to go out with the trash. We are in the agricultural part of a small town so we have their garbage service for our property. We have a pile of scrap metal on a palet along our property line. Out of sight, out of mind. Our city also picks up our recycle items every two weeks and garbage each week. Nice job keeping your property well organized and it's great that you recycle too. Yes, we are far too short sighted. Often our conveniences end up hurting us. I like what you said Mike. I keep thinking about our national debt too that we are making our kids "pay" back! I'll be impossible! Why do we do things like this for short term gain? So sad. The politicians can just say they gave us what we wanted. Did we really want this for our kids and grandkids? Brunch looked great! I hope you get relief Lacie in your left wrist from the chiropractor!
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I feel ya Lacey! I was in a neck brace until I got into yoga. The neck brace helped mostly when I was a passenger in a vehicle or sleeping. I had several too, my favorite one vibrated. Then I searched YT for range of motion yoga…total game changer. I paused video on spots that hurt the most. Now no neck brace and the yoga is automatic when something hurts. I do stretches every morning and like to dance for back pain lol. I hope you feel better soon!
@@MikeTheFitFarmer I sleep in a faraday cage around my bed. Smart meters and wifi radiation is KILLING us. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!! If you want to know more please let me know and we can talk. I have LOTS to tell anyone who truly is suffering from...knee, neck, joint, headaches, rashes, lower back pain etc.
I’m old and remember when garbage trucks actually picked up garbage..we had a strainer in the corner of the sink where you would put the food scraps and put it out on garbage day. Flies maggots and all.
I feel for Laci with the wrist. I had a fall a few weeks ago and did what they tell you not to do which is tried to catch myself coming down on my right hand (also a leftie). Since I am quite obese that was slot of weight coming down on it. Broke multiple bones. I am trying to get my current home ready for sale but there are so many things that can't safely be done with one hand like operating a small chainsaw and other necessary tools to get this place ready. Very difficult to patiently wait for it to heal. Hope hers gets better quickly.
I just found out recently that your supposed to take the lids off of all bottles and jars or they don't get recycled. They aren't going to pay someone to take a metal lid off of a peanut butter jar. It goes into the trash.
We scrap for the extra money. People even call my husband to pick up stuff at their homes and some people will just put stuff in the back of his truck at work. We stocked pile it up when the prices are low and then when the prices go back up we take in a trailer full in.
I remember when our condiments and sodas ect. were all in the glass. In the 80s is when plastic seemed to have really taken off. I think it started in the '70s with Tupper ware. My son gets me and the changes I want to make. My husband doesn't like change so I have to ease him into it. If I can explain why I am doing something, he understands, he still doesn't like the change but he will get used to it. The change I decided to start with is my cleaning supplies. I am trying to use method and grove products. Grove is trying to get completely away from plastic and sales glass cleaning bottles (among other products) and then you buy the small cleaning bottle, put the cleaning solution concentrate in the glass bottle, and fill up the rest with water. Their products are supposed to be less toxic. I have to brag on one product for sure. We have VERY hard water and over the winter when we have to let the water run, my clear shower door is coated in hard water stains. I tried Windex as well as other products and that was laughable. I really didn't want to use CLR. I emailed a Grove representative and they recommended their shower and tile solution. I sprayed it on the glass shower door. Used a little scrubber I bought and my shower door looks new. I cleaned the door during a commercial break. I was back in my living room and the commercial was still on. THAT is impressive. The product has a nice fragrant smell to it. It is very suddel. You have options of various smells. Sorry, didn't mean for this to turn in to a commercial for Grove. haha
Yes I like that new name Doctor Daddy he’s funny I’m also doing some doing cleaning in the garden and around the house I only have to look for some rain and a lot of sunshine all year
In our area recycling and trash can be picked up at your house if you want to pay a trash removal company to come pick up every week. But we take our to the landfill and recycling centers ourselves. The load with the recycling would need to be covered tarped down or you will get a ticket for a unsecured load. It actually saves us money taking it ourselves at the moment.
Mike I like your channel so much. Although I understand you see that metal as scrap metal but can I tell you there are so many farmers who hold onto a lot of that stuff because they use it for repairs. Many farmers just like you wear many hats and welding is a critical skill to learn. If you have a broken Barr way break out your welder, broken bucket on the loader break out the welder. Something to consider...
Yup, closets needed to be reorganized, and yup, some things were tossed. I questioned why I still hung onto an empty box. Course the collection of cleaning rags had become totally out of control. So some went to my son who always needs some for in the garage. ( confidentially speaking, I had some I had to toss) lol. Mid Minnesota here, and my gardening things will go through this inspection a bit later.
Yes I like that new name Doctor Daddy he’s funny I’m also doing a little spring cleaning in my garden also but we can garden all year we only have to look for some rain and hot sun
We routinely go to the dump for big items that won't fit in the trash, and we recycle as well. We try to keep piles at bare minimum (card board, lumber, large trash) because we don't want rodents or small animals nesting in them. It attracts trouble with critters. Lacey, I hope the chiropractor is able to help with the pain you're feeling.
This video sounds like it is coming out of MY head. You are right about all of it. We wish we could meet up with you in Tennessee, but it doesn't look like it will happen. Our best to you and your family.
My lunch/brunch today was cottage cheese with pineapple & a few dried blueberries & two strips of bacon. Supper is home made chicken sweet & sour with lots of veg, Jasmine rice & egg roll.
Mike I give my eggs shells back to the hens. I wash them and put them In the over for 15 minutes let them cool off and then crush them my hens love them.
I worked in recycling my whole life. I just want to point out, it is a business just like any other business. While I prefer to recycle anything that can be recycled, it honestly, is not a solution. The process of making the material useable again, generates just as much pollution, and uses just as much energy, as it took, to make that material from virgin materials. And the resulting product is an inferior one. All it does, is gives corporations an option for a lesser quality material, to make their products out of. Resulting in, an inferior product! Which they sell, to us! And don’t expect that cost savings to find its way into the price tag. Oh no! That saved money, for using an inferior, cheaper material, finds its way into the companies profits. While we are left with an inferior product, that won’t last very long. Which typically, ends up in a landfill. While we go out and spend more money, to buy another inferior replacement. Which, don’t forget, used energy, and generated pollution, to create! Which is never calculated into the figures about “does recycling help”?
Now, don’t get me wrong. I fully believe we should recycle. I just feel it’s the best option, out of the options we are given! Much better option, is that manufacturers use different materials to start with! I can’t be the only one who notices that our grandparents washer and dryer, tv, and deep freeze, are still going strong. While the new one we just purchased, has already turned to rubbish. There is a reason for it. I suggest, the reason is more intentional, than, simply a happenstance. These corporations are making much more money. While out income is increasing by les and less. And we need to replace things, sooner and sooner. Yet, those in power want me to believe that they are concerned about the environment. Actions speak louder than words.
Exactly!
I understand what you are saying but I only recycle things for myself if it's something I like for my home or a garment I like...yes corporate are only out to profit from us the buyer...I do agree with you...
@@izzy1949 Oh yes, UPCYCLE!! Now that’s a program I can get behind myself! I have so many cans and canisters. A bunch. And I reuse for storage. And I just made a quilt out of old clothes that were too worn or had holes in them. The inside, instead of batting, I just used fleece pajamas. It is so warm, yet light weight! All cardboard and paper goes into my compost bin. Even my space heaters are from pieced together “broken” ones that people were tossing out. Up cycling is a real solution. Better than recycling. But even at that, manufacturers could do much better than they are! I remember when everything was in glass containers. And I remember tasting the plastic. Yet, here we are. Everything in plastics,
Its the same as having a Tesla. What did we save? What did it take to make the batteries? What will it take to charge the batteries? When the batteries are dead, what will it take to recycle them?
@@cbskip546 Exactly. They make a whole lot of claims, and majority just accept the narrative, never questioning anything. Majority of their claims are flat out lies. And, if you look into soil regeneration, the micro biome of soil, how plants interact with the micro organisms, and how they take the carbon from the air, down into the dirt, you begin to realize a whole lot more lies! Especially when you know that glyphosate/round up, is an antibiotic. And gmo plants, and the whole thing! It is very disgusting. And kinda scary. Knowing that those in power, have an agenda, and they are succeeding. God help us.
I can remember the time before plastic when milk came in cartons and glass bottles, your groceries were bagged in paper and there was no such thing as a 2 liter bottle of soft drinks. Was told by those in power that by switching to the plastic, we would be saving the environment by saving the trees. Never liked the plastic grocery bags but if you asked for paper, you got the dirtiest look from the bag person. I'm always amazed at how many plastic bags it will take to bag my groceries for the week, shaking my head because they'll only put one item in the bag for one reason or another. I take my own reusable bags to go shopping and have been doing it for several years. It's not because I'm so into recycling but tired of the cheap handles on the plastic bags ripping before I can get the groceries into the house.
For a while there, our recycling center was taking all types of plastics, but now they don't. Several months ago there was an article about how even some of those approved plastics are being sent to landfills anyway.
And then we can't get the plastic shopping bags from stores anymore, BUT you are supposed to buy Glad or Hefty or ??? store brand garbage bags in various sizes to put your landfill garbage in. Makes no sense at all.
And then you are NOT supposed to throw ANY light bulbs, no matter what kind, in your trash. You are supposed to wrap them up & take them miles away to a hazardous waste center to be disposed of...
Needless to say driving miles to get rid of three or four light bulbs? Makes no sense.
And batteries are a pain to dispose of too 😔
@@tamararoberts9307 Yeah, we are to do the same to them as with light bulbs...
Staples store takes all different kinds of batteries for recycle 😊😊😊
There shouod be more piblic friendly recycling programs and more access to help folks recycle and more often. Even if its just several recycling stations around towns like they have for donations. Some areas I see a fair amount of recycling stations and other areas where there is none. Then you have to hunt down places to bring recycling to. I called my county today, they only accept certain items to be disposed on certain times of the year!!! Which is better than nothing, if you cannot get your timelines to match up, its a pain 😵 I have paint I was trying to dispose of with our county's local Hazardous Waste office.
@@lorisanford8515 best but too
No spring cleaning here, still have 2’ of snow.
Just started our spring cleaning! We’re living in a camper while we remodel the mobile home on our homestead. Spring cleaning consisted of pulling off all the blinds and cleaning the windows and window sills.
Same here!! Dumpster left last Thursday 😁
I'm renovating a mobile home so i'm always throwing away the old stuff i can't use- we don't have big rubbish pick up or a dump. Trying to let it pile up
Oh gosh, you too?! I’ve loved having this camper but we have been invaded by junk! We we’re obviously storing up for the winter…lol
@@sunhippie LOL, it an accumulate fast- especially delivery boxes- i been using them in the soil and composting
My husband & I have been full-time RVers for 9 yrs. We'd planned to retire & always live in an RV. We've now decided we need extra room to store food. I want to can & dehydrate. We're buying a couple of acres to garden & a mobile home & turning one of the extra bedrooms into a walk in pantry.
Great video Mike I agree we all need to be more caring about our environment and the world we are leaving for our children snd all humans in the future!! I use as much glass as possible for storage and I put old used lids from canning on with old rusty rings not good enough for canning anymore but still useable for storage of dry goods and left over food in the fridge ! Your teaching you kids ti be mindful also which is a valuable lesson yi learn and use !! God bless y’all and I hope Lacey’s wrist and neck are doing better after her adjustment !! ❤️🙏✝️🙋🏻
Yes! It took about 2 months of living rural to understand "farmer's pile"! It is virtually impossible to dispose of things.
I pray that you feel better soon Lacey. 🙏💐😊
I've been following your channel since you started. You are such a pleasant and likable family. I love your simple and authentic lifestyle and I`m sending you nice greetings from Germany.
Thank you so much!
I think this is your best contribution ever!
Carolyn/Vermont Cat Lady formerly from San Diego, CA.
Amazed how non-recyclable our system is! I now use Smart Cat litter/made from grass (not clay, horrible smell, like cement/definitely not recyclable). I flush the solids from my cat, Awesome, and the urine-saturated clumps go into future flower beds.
I used to use World’s Best Cat Litter…it was great. But company uses GMO corn.
I inquired into this via WBCL website and the company response…not an issue!
To me, it’s an issue. So Smart Cat is my favorite cat litter for many reasons. Awesome loves it, too! 💚😸💚
Mike, you hit the nail on the head! I'll even go one step further. We need struggles and resistance for our mental health as well! I honestly think this is the reason why our society is failing horribly.
No our society is failing miserably because we have a bunch of TV brainwashed people running around. Our political parties are TWO WINGS of the SAME dirty bird. BOTH funded by our COMMON ENEMY. All have the SAME BLOODLINES. ALL Masonic.
Mike, great vlog and I hope Lacie is better soon. God Bless.
Cardboard makes a great weed barrier. I live very rural so we have to go through the same thing. Hauling our own waste materials,so we try to limit buying things with waste packaging as much as possible.
Lacie, feel better soon. I hope it’s nothing too serious. Praying for your comfort and speedy recovery. Mike, you the man! God Bless all of you 😁 🤟🇺🇸
We hardly have garbage. We barely have 2 kitchen bags per week. We make almost everything: soaps food, bread, spices. We recycle and compost.
Hi just found you guys. Love to watch you , so hope this will be a long relationship. My name is Judy .I am from Louisiana,74yrs old and spend my time watching my TH-cam families. GOD BLESS
Spring Cleaning is important for sure. We no longer use plastic for water. We bought a Berkey water system. Time to dump ash cans. Clean small appliances on counters. It all must be done.
Sure hope you feel better very Lacey !!! 💗💗💗
That looked like an old tank they were bringing in to recycle. My husband works for a construction maintenance company, he always requests a recycling container for scrap. Free, easy money
We use covered tubs from Lowe’s for our recycle. We keep the tub outside our back door. The tub are covered so it keeps the water out. We have marked the tub, glass, cans, plastic. When they are filled we load up the tubs and they are already sorted so we can just dump.
Prayers of healing for Lacy, you are a hard working wonder momma!.
Amen, life is not supposed to be easy. I completely agree about plastic. God bless you and yours.
I have been watching your channel for a long while now. Very interesting the way the whole family works together. Your daughter is definitely a asset to the homestead and it shows. I noticed something in the video that told me... we are practically neighbors. Who knows maybe I will run into y’all in town someday. Sooner if you want someone to show you how to fish that pond.😂😂😂😂 Good luck to your misses with her healing process.
Relinquished my gym membership. Decided to go old school and use loppers, small,medium, ratchet. B &D gator,Garden claw,weasel. 23 years with MS.
Get well Lacie soon and thanks to God you have a good family to help you get through this time. You and Mike are a good fit along with those adorable kids. God bless you and your family
I am so happy to see you cleaning up because it seems that people that have a lot of land keep their garbage all over the land and it looks ridiculous! I went to see some house with more land and the neighborhood was despicable, trushy! What a shame! I don't like to use plastic, I prefer glass and cardboard. I hope your wife feels better soon! 🤗🤗
I think recycling, upcycling and thinking of ways to reduce the waste you send to the landfill is a part of being a good steward of the resources that God has given us! Thanks for showing some ways that you do it!
We’ve been talking about al of their for months now. God must be putting this in our minds. God Bless
I couldn’t agree more about getting away from plastic, unfortunately so many products are in plastic that it’s not 100% possible to do away with it in my life! I love that you involved the kids in recycling, where my sister lives in Surprise Az they do not recycle and it bothers me a lot🤷🏼♀️🙄I recycle even when it’s not required myself but she cannot. Sending Lacie prayers 🙏🏻
40?! Not too shabby for getting rid of junk. Heck yeah!
Prayers for your wrist Lacey. I hope you feel better soon.
Yes, we have started our spring cleaning. I didn't realize how much trash accumulated😅
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. I've started spring cleaning
It has been so long since I went to Foils. Nice. That gas tank from in ground was huge. That would have been a nice payday. I liked scrapping for money. I had fun.
FYI...something I have seen a couple homestesder do when butchering chickens, they dig the planted bagged bird in hot water to vacuum seal! HOT plastic is what leaches, even if just for a second that is all it takes to start the breakdown. I hope the one person I saw do it read my comment on his vlog since he has had some skin issues last summer he was trying to beat with the Carnivore diet. I so get the slip up, I do it to. You realize when you realize, just make the change when you catch yourself! Bless your family, ty for the tips you share.
🙏Praying 🙏For 'LACEY'
& A Speedy Recovery!🤕🙌
Hoping She Feels
Better Real Soon.🥰
Much Love & GOD Bless Yall ❤🙏❤😘
Hope you heal quickly Lacie. God bless you all.
So this is my advice. Your kids are to the age of being able to take on the recycle responsibility. Have them come up with a business plan to recycle as a family or even engage neighbors or other family members in it. This empowers them into thinking independently and as an entrepreneur to earn money as well as engaging good stewardship. I think this is important that we teach our kids these skills, as they get older they will develop leadership and teaching skills toward others. Oh and yes, I have a fall cleaning schedule and spring cleaning schedule, both inside and out. That way when it’s 100 degree outside, all we do is mow, feed, weed, and put away garden vegetables. Which is plenty. But if we do the main cleaning in the fall and spring as well as repair, and new builds, it makes it easier. Hugs and love from Texas!
Very good advice, I love it 😊👍🏻
They already have other responsibilities and business opportunities.
Yes I'm planning spring cleaning. Scrap metal and aluminum cans and trash brush. I need to get mulch to mulch my beds and do my spring tilling
As soon as the snow melts we will be doing a huge cleaning. Thing is, right now, there is a foot plus in SOME areas, other areas are down to soil. However, not able to get it done until it's all gone. We do a HUGE cleaning in spring, mid summer AND fall. Winter is long and cold here. My kids help throughout the year! Cant wait to get on as soon as the snow is gone!
Hoping Lacie feels better soon. A chiropractor often helps and a good acupuncturist too. Don’t forget to just rest a little. Hugs and blessings.
Lack of vit D can cause these Issues too
Always feels so goood when that is done. Get better soon Lacy!
I definitely love being a part of your families journey it is a big blessing even if you don’t get more cats laughing out loud
Coffee is the most important meal of the 🌄!
I live within Costa Oaxaca Mexico
Loads of plastic. I watched a video by local group dedicated to recycling. They filmed a fisherman opening the intestines if a dorado or mahi mahi and it was full of plastic waste. It's a wake up call for sure.
Although I reuse/recycle and reuse again the majority of the plastic, there's still loads of pails full of rubbish in the month.
I'm fixing to make my own electrolyte beverages. Living on the beach where it cools down to 70F, requires them. I can only reuse so many plastic bottles for water.
I had same symptoms in my left side and did many things for several years to relieve pain and numbness. After suffering stroke and symptoms of heart attack . I finally found a holistic doctor and he did other scans and test just as precaution. I had left subclavian steel syndrome that require stents or a bypass.
This surprised me as I have been a very healthy eating athlete all my life along with be a nurse for 40 years. Please if symptoms persist have further test just to be sure. Praise GOD a couple of large stents opened Artery and numbness and pain went away. Praying yours is Minor and can be taken care of easily.
Oh Lacey hope you get your trapped nerve sorted...I know how much pain you can have with trapped nerves...well done mile teaching your children good values...
I sure hope you got your pain handled and that you are doing better. Your families so hard working and dedicated to one another, bless you all.
My biggest gripe is Walmarts pick up packers use one bag for little items, so you have sooo many bags with a small this or that and then you have a pile of bags to discard…..I save mine to put greasy trash in and to use as containers for seeds, garden items, I cut them open and cover seedlings with them to maintain moisture.
If you save enough you can make woven matts with them as some charity groups do for the homeless to use to keep from laying on wet ground. There’s also ways to make them into bags….
Plastic bottles I take and make them into slow watering containers….when we go away I’ll put several in around plants with a few fine holes they keep the soil moist.
I’ve taken our Maxwell house coffee cans and used them for nuts, nails and bolts storage, some keep seeds and bulbs dry and I’ve taken ten of them and made into bird houses in our woods. I screw a piece of scrap wood to the back. I then make some small holes for ventilation and I make a circle on the lid for a doorway….unfortunately I can’t remove the name on it but I’ve tried preparing them by sanding and painting them with outdoor acrylic paint but no luck on it staying painted….I had hoped to have my grand children paint them as a art project…..
Some containers I’ve filled with natural items for bee and bug motels and hung them near my garden……
There’s a man from I believe the Philippians that makes really nice planters with plastic bottles and also takes plastic bags and hangs them on a pole and plants items in them…..I take fabric and make my own grow bags but you can use the shopping totes you can buy from Tractor Supply with farm animals on them and plant in them in around the garden and have portable containers with beneficial plants for birds….I’ve used Walmart $.50 blue shopping bags but the only last two seasons.
In my greenhouse I’ve planted veggies in boxes and then I plant the whole box in the garden never disturbing the plants and the box naturally disintegrates…..
I’ve saved plastic cups from parties and use them as seed starters, also containers from berries etc….
We all can use and reuse it’s just having a mindset to do so……my husband brings home scrap pieces of hard wood from building log homes….to be used in the wood burner but lol I stash the nice wood away and I’ve made planters , little tables for plants etc and now I’m cutting pieces 2 x 2 for a hard wood table top….I’ve taken old window frames and painted them stapled old fencing on it and made hanging drying racks for flowers and herbs…..
We were at a park in shelter with picnic tables. It had been rented out for the day by friends. There was a bin with 2 trashcans, one for recyclable items and one for regular trash. The worker came to empty trash. I noticed she threw both black plastic garbage bags into the back of her pickup truck along with the other trash she had already picked up from the other picnic areas. She stopped to talk and I asked her how does she tell the difference between the bags when she gets back to where she has to take them. She said they have to offer a recycle and a regular trash bin, however it all goes into the trash. She said that people really are not careful to separate the recyclable from regular trash and they do not go through and separate the recyclables. SO, what is the point of having separate bins if it all goes to the same trash pile!
Shalom @The Fit Farmer & Family, Hi there Lacie :-)
Our town has stopped recycling everything but cardboard because they said it was costing more than they could make from it. I don't like the thought of plastics so I use cloth shopping bags and buy as little plastic as possible.
It's clean up Time here on our homestead to!!
😁 thanks so much for keeping it real 💯
Praying for healing
Speedy recovery Lacey 🙏
Yes, you’re right. LESS PLASTIC! It’s really hard though. I agree, more glass!! 😄
I live on the "Far-Left Coast where recycling a frig is a much bigger process. It must be first decommissioned of its Freon before the metal in it can be recycled.
Hi Mike,
I liked this 'real' episode today.
I had an idea about your recycling plastic accumulations.
I am in a few groups on Facebook called Winter Sowing, Winter Sowers, etc.
We collect plastic water jugs, milk jugs, etc. And use them as mini greenhouses for starting veggie seeds during the winter.
I have several businesses and friends collecting jugs for me.
If you posted something a few times during the year you might get some takers.
Just a thought.
And re-using, and re- purposing is always a good thing.
Be well, green on!
JoDean and Wes Bennett, Golden Terra farms in NM
I make mini greenhouses from plastic jugs and containers as well, but eventually you have way too many to use
We've been living in RV parks the last 9 yrs & have recycled aluminum when we could. Only once in all this time has a park offered recycling of paper, glass & plastic. We just closed on our forever retirement property & we will definitely be recycling all we can. We will burn paper & cardboard & have found a place to take aluminum. The problem is plastic. I use cloth shopping bags, earth friendly, no plastic laundry soap (tru Earth) & buy in bulk when I can to reduce packaging. Once you get in the groove of reducing your usage of plastic it gets easier but sadly, it's impossible to eliminate it all together.
Mike, this has been on my mind for years and even more so this past year. I am passionately frustrated with recycling and overall the materials companies use to store products in. I have been eating clean for almost 10 years. I continue to strive to find the utmost quality of orgaic items to buy and consume. What drives me bonkers is the amount of plastic!!! Even the best products like healthy foods are in plastic containers vs glass, paper, cardboard, etc. Most of everything especially food products including organic ones are put into plastic containers 😫 I do my best to upcycle and working on growing our own food to depend on stores less. I wish more companies would strive to do better with selection of containers they store products in. I wish there was more planet friendly containers foods and all came in. 💜💛💚🌱🌎
It has rained here all spring. This is the first weekend we have had actual nice weather.
Awwee, I love your family, Mike & Lace.
My husband re-organized the garage already! We had a whole contractor bag of stuff to go out with the trash. We are in the agricultural part of a small town so we have their garbage service for our property. We have a pile of scrap metal on a palet along our property line. Out of sight, out of mind. Our city also picks up our recycle items every two weeks and garbage each week. Nice job keeping your property well organized and it's great that you recycle too. Yes, we are far too short sighted. Often our conveniences end up hurting us. I like what you said Mike. I keep thinking about our national debt too that we are making our kids "pay" back! I'll be impossible! Why do we do things like this for short term gain? So sad. The politicians can just say they gave us what we wanted. Did we really want this for our kids and grandkids? Brunch looked great! I hope you get relief Lacie in your left wrist from the chiropractor!
Please share the video of Lacy's chiropractic session. Never seen one from patient's camera and perspective before.
We did spring cleaning a month ago and it was awesome. I hope she can get some relief for her wrist.
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OMG, Laci please get well…they need you! I eat a lot of eggs.
I feel ya Lacey! I was in a neck brace until I got into yoga. The neck brace helped mostly when I was a passenger in a vehicle or sleeping. I had several too, my favorite one vibrated. Then I searched YT for range of motion yoga…total game changer. I paused video on spots that hurt the most. Now no neck brace and the yoga is automatic when something hurts. I do stretches every morning and like to dance for back pain lol. I hope you feel better soon!
Agree. Lack of sufficient vit D can cause these Issues too . she prefers to work indoors most of the time.
I wouldn't say I prefer to work inside. I have to work inside a lot.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer I sleep in a faraday cage around my bed. Smart meters and wifi radiation is KILLING us. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!! If you want to know more please let me know and we can talk. I have LOTS to tell anyone who truly is suffering from...knee, neck, joint, headaches, rashes, lower back pain etc.
Not ready for spring cleaning yet, still burning wood off and on for another 6 weeks-I’m in MO
I’m old and remember when garbage trucks actually picked up garbage..we had a strainer in the corner of the sink where you would put the food scraps and put it out on garbage day. Flies maggots and all.
I feel for Laci with the wrist. I had a fall a few weeks ago and did what they tell you not to do which is tried to catch myself coming down on my right hand (also a leftie). Since I am quite obese that was slot of weight coming down on it. Broke multiple bones. I am trying to get my current home ready for sale but there are so many things that can't safely be done with one hand like operating a small chainsaw and other necessary tools to get this place ready. Very difficult to patiently wait for it to heal.
Hope hers gets better quickly.
I just found out recently that your supposed to take the lids off of all bottles and jars or they don't get recycled. They aren't going to pay someone to take a metal lid off of a peanut butter jar. It goes into the trash.
Yes, I’m working on cleaning up around the grounds. And I’m making a huge mess to do that cleaning up! 😇
here in Oregon we get 10 cent for soda, and
water bottles,jiuce bottles,beer cans
You should keep your glass jars, they are ideal for storing stuff. Put a oxygen absorber and its good to go for a long time.
I’ve read that you need to take the plastic covers/lids off jars and bottles because they are a different plastic and are recycled separately.
🙏 Feel better, Lacie
We scrap for the extra money. People even call my husband to pick up stuff at their homes and some people will just put stuff in the back of his truck at work. We stocked pile it up when the prices are low and then when the prices go back up we take in a trailer full in.
I wish you fast recovery.
Just ordered some Redmond’s Real Salt using your discount. Thank you! Very reasonable price, especially with free shipping. Hope you feel better 😊
🙏 for Lacey, bless her God
I remember when our condiments and sodas ect. were all in the glass. In the 80s is when plastic seemed to have really taken off. I think it started in the '70s with Tupper ware. My son gets me and the changes I want to make. My husband doesn't like change so I have to ease him into it. If I can explain why I am doing something, he understands, he still doesn't like the change but he will get used to it. The change I decided to start with is my cleaning supplies. I am trying to use method and grove products. Grove is trying to get completely away from plastic and sales glass cleaning bottles (among other products) and then you buy the small cleaning bottle, put the cleaning solution concentrate in the glass bottle, and fill up the rest with water. Their products are supposed to be less toxic. I have to brag on one product for sure. We have VERY hard water and over the winter when we have to let the water run, my clear shower door is coated in hard water stains. I tried Windex as well as other products and that was laughable. I really didn't want to use CLR. I emailed a Grove representative and they recommended their shower and tile solution. I sprayed it on the glass shower door. Used a little scrubber I bought and my shower door looks new. I cleaned the door during a commercial break. I was back in my living room and the commercial was still on. THAT is impressive. The product has a nice fragrant smell to it. It is very suddel. You have options of various smells. Sorry, didn't mean for this to turn in to a commercial for Grove. haha
Yes I like that new name Doctor Daddy he’s funny I’m also doing some doing cleaning in the garden and around the house I only have to look for some rain and a lot of sunshine all year
Hope Lacy feels better soon. Great video.
I cleaned most all the privite hedge and other items that needed trimmed back. I have one spot left.
We definitely started. Loaded the trailer with scrap metal also. Love your videos!
In our area recycling and trash can be picked up at your house if you want to pay a trash removal company to come pick up every week. But we take our to the landfill and recycling centers ourselves. The load with the recycling would need to be covered tarped down or you will get a ticket for a unsecured load. It actually saves us money taking it ourselves at the moment.
Hope Lacie feels better soon. Your brunch lunch looked delicious!
Lacie, hope you feel better soon.
Mike I like your channel so much. Although I understand you see that metal as scrap metal but can I tell you there are so many farmers who hold onto a lot of that stuff because they use it for repairs. Many farmers just like you wear many hats and welding is a critical skill to learn. If you have a broken Barr way break out your welder, broken bucket on the loader break out the welder. Something to consider...
Yup, closets needed to be reorganized, and yup, some things were tossed. I questioned why I still hung onto an empty box. Course the collection of cleaning rags had become totally out of control. So some went to my son who always needs some for in the garage. ( confidentially speaking, I had some I had to toss) lol. Mid Minnesota here, and my gardening things will go through this inspection a bit later.
Yes I like that new name Doctor Daddy he’s funny I’m also doing a little spring cleaning in my garden also but we can garden all year we only have to look for some rain and hot sun
We routinely go to the dump for big items that won't fit in the trash, and we recycle as well. We try to keep piles at bare minimum (card board, lumber, large trash) because we don't want rodents or small animals nesting in them. It attracts trouble with critters.
Lacey, I hope the chiropractor is able to help with the pain you're feeling.
Good word...abundant life is a disciplined life and a disciplined life will lead to abundant living.
Mike you can put the cardboard in the compost pile or even use them for covering on your vegetables bed. Blessed 🇯🇲
This video sounds like it is coming out of MY head. You are right about all of it. We wish we could meet up with you in Tennessee, but it doesn't look like it will happen. Our best to you and your family.
Yep, as in the movie " the Graduate" Plastics My Boy, that is the future. Paraphrased from the 1967. Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft.
Haven't started yet Carolina storms have just destroyed my yard used to say I am way behind
Yep!!! Garage is cleaned out and organized.....which I hate just as much as doing taxes! And guess what's next.....😭🤑😭🤑😭
My lunch/brunch today was cottage cheese with pineapple & a few dried blueberries & two strips of bacon. Supper is home made chicken sweet & sour with lots of veg, Jasmine rice & egg roll.
Those sound delicious!
Mike I give my eggs shells back to the hens. I wash them and put them In the over for 15 minutes let them cool off and then crush them my hens love them.