NitWit Ridge: built by one man ‘Arthur Harold Beal’ over the course of 51 years using rocks, wood, beer cans, tiles, car parts and other assorted junk. It is considered a fine example of folk art and is a California State Historic Landmark. Its in Cambria (881 Hillcrest Drive), about 20 minutes north of Cayucos. The property is now owned and being maintained by Michael and Stacey O’Malley. Pretty cool.
A reader of the finance blog Get Rich Slowly regularly shreds his junk mail and makes mulch out of it. Since mulch is basically composed of tiny bits of trees, he’s recycling and his gardening no longer takes the same toll on the environment. Here are some of the guidelines he follows to account for junk mail’s ink and varied material:
1. “I only shred the non-glossy stuff, and try to avoid colored ink as much as possible. Since I’m shredding to avoid identity theft in the first place, and credit applications these days contain colored ink, I can’t stay 100% black and white, but I can accept that.”
2. “I shred plastic items like credit cards and CDs separately and discard.”
3. “I only use the shreds where food is not grown, just to be safe. You can also use it in the bottom of flower pots inside the house to save potting soil.”