How did you celebrate Earth Day?

[John SD]

I didn't do anything special except eat meat and potatoes for both dinner and supper! Here's an article I found on a favorite blog that keeps up on this stuff.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-04-21-Carbon-diet_N.htm#Close

The blog can be found at http://www.advocatesforag.com

[Sandhusker]

I changed the starter on my pickup and took two leaks in my back yard.

[Big Muddy rancher]

We eat beef raised here on the ranch that ate grass that helped the carbon cycle. It was hauled 50 miles to process and back. probably the next carbon foot print on that beef was less then a bag of chips at a grocery store. They always seem to forget that some places are better suited to raise cattle the veggies.

[Mike]

I burned about 60 gallons of diesel while applying 3 separate herbicides in some pasture and vegetable crops.

Plus I turned some cows in a "Creek Bank" area that is set aside in an "Equip" program.

I started to set some old tires and motor oil on fire that has been accumulating. That would have made my carbon footprint reach for miles.

I saved the earth by putting it off for another day.

[per]

Aerated and dragged mole hills. Snow ended my day so I though I would road the thing home the 20 or so miles. Nicely was on my way when a tire came loose as I was about to enter a very busy freeway. Was only a mile away from my sisters place so jury rigged it to head for there. Crossed the freeway and made another half mile an the wheel passed me. Caused a bit of a traffic jam. Drove to her house on the remaining wheels without further incident. Re lit the pilot light in the shop so things would be warm in the morning to dig out of the snow storm.

[Texan]

[Mike]

[Texan]

[Mike]

[burnt]

[PORKER]

Spread some fertilizer on this sand to get the grass agoing,fixed some fence in a far pasture that some stupid snowmobiler cut because he wanted a shortcut to the Ranch House bar . Then spent an hour picking beer bottles ( Back Ache )along his route for earth day to keep the dam pasture clean. What's bad was the chew spit in most of the Bottles !

[Kato]

I played in the earth transplanting peppers. Then scraped a ton of it (well, it was partly earth )off my boots after slogging through the corral to sort some feeders. Spent a couple of hours in the laundry room removing it from everything else we own. Then polished the day off by sweeping it up off the kitchen floor.

It was a very Earthy day.