*Your dish drainer is full of used ziplock baggies *You yell at DH for throwing away the ziplock baggies, then dig them out of the trash and rinse them again *Your dumpster diving habits rub off on DH, and he brings home a sliding glass door (then builds a deck to go with it,) a 50 year old furnace that still works, a busted cabinet, and 3' wide bamboo hoops ("Can you use these? They were throwing them out.") *You dig through the back of DH's pickup before he takes a load to the dumpster at work, just in case =) *You dig seed pods, clear clam-shell containers, and coffee grounds out of the trash at work *DH brings home a busted cabinet from a jobsite and fixes it up for a laundry counter, you turn it into a potting bench *You take your kids for walks for healthy excersize, quality bonding time, and seed snatching (not necessarily in that order) *Your friends and coworkers bring you old windows in exchange for seedlings *Your plastic meat tray collection would make the local butcher envious *You consider plumbing fixtures to be garden art *You save the subscription cards from gardening magazines (that you picked up in the freebie bin at the library) for compost, then procede to cut out every useful side bar in the magazines for your garden journal and the color photos to make seed packets. After the magazines are little more than bound confetti, you still refuse to throw them out because "I might need them for something." *"I might need them for something" is your most often used phrase *"Don't throw that away!" is your second most used phrase *"I think I can use that" is a close third ~*GW*~

I started out with three bunnies that we 'thought' were all female. I also have 18 chickens. We put them all in the chicken coop which has a large indoor and large outdoor area. The outdoor area is also covered on top with chicken wire. The bottom edges has the wire going under ground for a little ways inside the area. Our bunnies did mate, 'as one turned out to be female' and they all dug tunnels under the doorway of the indoor part of the coop, 'The hen house'. The tunnels lead all the way to the other side of our hen house and out into the open. We live way back in the woods in the country in northern Michigan. Our bunnies only go all the way out occasionally but mainly stay inside the caged area. They have a good 10 by 14 feet to run in the outside part and seem to feel safe there. One time a wild rabbit did make it through the tunnel to the inside and I'm sorry to say, my male rabbits killed him. Nothing else has ever come through the tunnel to the inside. My rabbits run up to me when I enter to feed them and the female stands up on her back legs looking up at me. It's so cute how they greet me when I enter the area. I realize they might not make it long with the tunnel there in case they go out and something gets to them. But the life they do have now is worth every second since they're so happy. I also will not have them neutered or spayed as I want them to live as wild rabbits would live, as I believe they should have the chance to live, breed, roam, etc. My chickens don't even seem to care that they're there and sometimes my rabbits will share the indoor area with my chickens at night as I leave their door cracked open a little for air. 'The chick coop door is open to the outside caged area'. All my animals are very happy and healthy. In face, my chickens are laying more eggs now that it's winter and everything I've read said they would slow down. They all get the right foods and plenty of treats. When my grandchildren visit, I sometimes let them go in a pet and play with the chickens and rabbits so they're used to people. They DON'T pick up the rabbits though mainly because sometimes children don't pick up animals in a correct way and I don't want them hurt. So far, all is well and I will most likely find homes that also allow some amount of free range for the baby rabbits which should be ready any time now to go. Hope all this information helps someone who would like to try some amount of free range with their bunnies. Sheri

The tarp underneath does not have (many) holes in it. I don't know if other people use tarps under their pile, it's just what I did. The tarp is there for multiple reasons: -Trap water: don't let the water drain off and steal the nutrients. I put a tarp loosely over the top so there isn't a large amount of water getting into the pile. Hopefully just enough. I also bunch up the tarp after turning so it doesn't stick out any more than necessary. -Ease turning: When I get to the bottom of the pile I just lift the tarp and pour it on the top of the new pile. I also pick up the corner while turning to consolidate the pile in the middle. -Keep roots out: previously I had a pile on the ground for several years. I didn't manage it or anything so it wasn't a good pile, but when I started paying attention and I turned it there were a ton of roots in the pile from the nearby pine tree. I didn't like that. luvidaho_2010, maybe your rabbit poo supplier would drive a load to Minnesota. $1 a bag is good for me.

Hi, I would love to trade for some old bunny poop! I have some of the items on your "wants" list that I can bring to the MAG swap. Take a look at my list and let me know! Thanks! --Jean Here is a link that might be useful: My trade page