I pulled out a dead bush last year and, in its place, I planted purple coneflowers. Additionally, I will give sunflowers a try this year and have the seeds to start those this week at the back of the yard.

I marvel at nature, and its ability to send us snow in April. I will miss that in the future.

Use a timer when showering.

Today I learned about disposing cooking oil. You can pour used cooking oil into a sealed container and throw out with regular trash. You can compost the oil if plant based and used to used plant based food. Before you throw away/compost after one time use, try straining the oil of the crumbs and reuse the oil.

I was surprised that the most recommended method was to just throw it away in a sealed container.

Another fun fact - You can donate your oil to Loyola University Chicago for it to be processed into biofuel!