I agree reusing peat pellets is asking for trouble. You might get away with it if you sow outside but inside you have to be pretty careful not to create damp off. I use regular hydrogen peroxide to saok up seeds and have not seen any harm, also I did not see that is speeds up germination/ although my seeds do tend to germinate fast but I use optimum temps and lights and I had no control groups to experiment properly/. I really do not like starting in the trays since as you mentioned some seeds germinate fast and some don't and you wasting precious space under lights. My personal preferences lie toward Promix and using starting tray or pot, placed in the plastic bag or under plastic cover. I transplant my seeds as they germinate and use 7-7-7 fertilizer starting about half strenght and adding as seedlings grow. I have great results and so far very little no- germination or damp off. About eggplants and peppers- they really like it hot and will germinate and grow great with lots of light and gentle bottom heat. If you can't provide those conditions now you might want to start them later- your harvest will be later but you will have it.

Certainly adding some cardboard should take care of your problem with the large holes worms should stay put. Since Ive been doing VC I have had no drainage yet my worms have been giving me some nice havests. At times when a lot of worms congregate on and around the lid I would remove the lid and let it air out for a bit and this method seems to work well for me. Did I mention mine is inside? In this bin which is plastic 24x17x7 9gal I felt it time to spit the troops so I now have a 19gal rubberized tote in which I did drill a few holes in bottom just in case . Afraid not to I suppose. In this bin I have egg shell cartons as the bottom layer and mulched leaves on top and squash on top of that. I mention this in reference to an experiment Im trying and explain in the next paragraph. Since I viewed a similar youtube vid which had egg cartons and squash and nothing else added in an experiment to see how long it would take to turn the mix into pure castings [47days]. It was presented in a nice time lapse showing each day so I couldnt resist a similar experiment. Im not versed in time lapse but I may do a photo log and present at some future time. I started mine on the 11-15 after letting the squash sit for a few days before adding at least 1/2 lb of worms or about 500 Im guessing. I have noticed that all sections of squash have worms working them.

I'd disagree with: 1) Cars. We had two and I decided to go down to one. I've always made compromises on what we've bought, but I love cars. I SERIOUSLY love cars! I figured this is the last new car I will probably ever buy, so why should I compromise unnecessarily? I made my list of "must haves" and "nice but not a deal breaker". Then I spent over a year reading, researching, and test driving. Finally bought it in May 2017. Gifted the two old cars away, and have been driving with a grin on my face ever since. Love the advanced safety features and power. This car is a joy to drive on our travels. 2) Furniture. I agree, wouldn't buy a used mattress but no objection to used furniture. BUT, I have a small LR and needed some very specific, modular pieces that I could move around for flexible seating. So we bought a new loveseat and giant ottoman. All the used modulars I've seen are the huge '80's and '90's overstuffed monsters - that's what I was getting rid of! 3) Designer Jeans. Hate jeans, never wear them. 4) Tech gadgets. You must be kidding! I don't seek out "name" tech toys but it is false economy to buy most used tech. Our desktops are built by a local shop, top of the line. They last 15+ years as download devices. My current desktop works as our network server with a RAID array; not superfast any longer but fine for anything except HD graphic videos, which I don't care about. Our laptops and tablets are name brands. Especially for smaller/thinner devices, their batteries are usually sealed and don't have long life. You want good performance, you need to buy it new. Yes, you can get one of the old Kindles for almost nothing. But if you've ever read on a Paperwhite Kindle, you'll know why almost everyone who originally bought a Kindle, upgraded to the Paperwhite. It is Nirvana for readers. I have impaired vision; reading on a phone gives me a headache, LOL. 5) Swing sets. No kids, no issue. 6) Formal wear & wedding. Really? People still need these for anything except a prom? Weddings - well, maybe. One couple out of the last 15 weddings we've attended, did the formal thing. 7) Books & college textbooks. SOMETIMES this will save you money. These days of e-books - not always. 8) Kids bicycles. Again, no kids. 9) Musical instruments. I'm a listener, so streaming is the way to go. 10) Tools. No way. But my tools are just basic ones, used for light home maintenance. I am not going to buy somebody's used Black & Decker jigsaw. 11) Exercise equipment. Yes, you absolutely can save $$$ on Craigslist. Personally, I'm a believer in gardening and walking. 12) Homes. I'm 50-50 about this. Old or new, sooner or later you are going to have to spend on home maintenance. If new, you have (hopefully) a maintenance-free interim; but you have no real way of telling if or where your builder/contractor cut corners until something goes wrong. If old - in our area the number of older homes that are truly turnkey, fully remodeled, good-as-new-right-down-to-the-roofing-nails, is so infinitesimally small a proportion, as to be realistically non-existent. If you find one, be prepared for a bidding war. 30+ offers are common out here; many mid-priced homes needing moderate remodeling will often have pending offers before the agent can even get the listing onto the MLS. Much of the existing SFH stock where we live is aging and needs remodeling. We are not talking simple cosmetics here; this means sewer systems, wasteful gas space heaters or floor furnaces wrapped in asbestos, aluminum wiring, soggy basements, no insulation or bolted foundations. In a high-labor market, remodeling is a six-figure budget cost - and that amount, on top of an already high RE price, is out of reach for even prospective homeowners already making $150+K.

Our parents on both sides were on farms and used food scraps for livestock etc and what was burnable was burned. Garbage was buried until dumps came along closer to their country homes. Here we must separate all recyclables into blue bins and bags for paper/newspaper. We also are required to put compostables into a separate container. These are all taken once a week. Garbage is minimal and is picked up every two weeks. We use tall generic garbage bags and put it out once about month. Any stinkies (drip liners for meat mostly) are kept in the freezer and put out in the garbage bags.