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  • Green Leap Day.

    What are you going to do to make a difference...?

    On 29th Feb the National Trust has told its 4,800 staff and 49,000 volunteers to stay at home for this year�s leap day.

    They are being asked to carry out green improvements to their homes and gardens, reporting back on what they achieve.

    National Trust | The Great Green Leap Day

    So boys and girls 1 day to do a little something green, whats it going to be..?

    I might plant a tree, put up another nest box, fit those low energy light bulbs that have been lying around, join a wildlife group. The possibilities are endless.
    Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com

  • #2
    It seems an excellent idea, and lots of people will be doing green things.

    Lots of people, even on their own, can make a difference.

    Shall get the OH to turn the compost heaps - there's a lot to sweat over there!
    Last edited by pigletwillie; 14-02-2008, 09:50 PM.
    To see a world in a grain of sand
    And a heaven in a wild flower

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    • #3
      Coupled with a day off too. Bang on.

      A lot can be undertaken at home with that day off, even if it is just changing lamps to energy efficient ones or building a compost heap.
      Last edited by pigletwillie; 14-02-2008, 09:53 PM.

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      • #4
        Building a compost heap is one of the activities 'suggested'. Oh, as is planting seeds.
        Last edited by smallblueplanet; 15-02-2008, 09:21 AM.
        To see a world in a grain of sand
        And a heaven in a wild flower

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        • #5
          How about turning the heating down and staying snuggled under the duvet for an extra hour.

          Its Green.......ish

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          • #6
            ...or all day piglet....?...

            Sounds good to me- will think of something special to do- PLEASE remind me nearer the time though!

            Thanks for the nudge seasprout!
            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

            Location....Normandy France

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            • #7
              Oh pants I'm at work

              What can I do in the few hours I'll be at home? We've already got energy efficient bulbs everywhere and you have to *find* the loft floor... I'll be home too late for a stint on the lottie too...
              Shortie

              "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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              • #8
                So anyone 'Green Leaping' today?
                To see a world in a grain of sand
                And a heaven in a wild flower

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                • #9
                  Nope, got a poorly pickle, so kept her home from school and spent the day so far trying to beat the tummy bug.
                  Kirsty b xx

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post
                    So anyone 'Green Leaping' today?
                    I've sowed some seeds... That's about it really - it's blowing a gale & peeing down so can't do anything outside, or turn the heating down
                    Oh, I turned off my daughter's TV that she'd left blaring away to nobody - does that count?!

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                    • #11
                      I walked to the post office in the rain, about a mile or so each way , to collect a parcel that they'd tried to deliver yeaterday, got back home to find they'd missed me again with another delivery so walked all the way back again- in the rain. I was quite pleased though because the first was a bird feeding kit & the second one was the free tayberry from G.Y.O. & my 'green' thing would have been planting it but that'll have to wait as I'm not going out there again to get wet!
                      Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                      • #12
                        Sowed my 'Red Cheese' sweet peppers from SBP - ta chuck! That's a few less food miles coming up. Also dibbed out some of my Rose de Roscoff onions (Ta PW) into modules. That's green I suppose. Also started a new jumper (finished knitting the last yesterday) so that's got to be green, I can turn the heat down. It's off today although it's blowing a rough one outside.
                        Not proposed to anyone yet though. Mr F might be a bit miffed!
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Flummery View Post
                          Not proposed to anyone yet though. Mr F might be a bit miffed!
                          Gulp - I'd forgotten about that tradition....

                          We walked to work today, I've planted some shallots and I shall thoroughly rebuke our lodger who puts out two bin bags (all his own rubbish) every single week, and doesn't recycle a thing. I think things change or the rent goes up!
                          Resistance is fertile

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                          • #14
                            Where's Jeannine Paul?
                            Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                            • #15
                              She can ask - I wouldn't mind
                              Resistance is fertile

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