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| YellowRose |
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 08:22:43 AM
Last year I started composting a flower bed that the previous owner had left bare. There are several such beds in my backyard.
I save kitchen parings in an old cream & green enamel bucket w/lid. I collect cream & green enamelware so I'm always looking for ways to use them.
When the bucket is full I dig a whole in the bed - put in compost - cover back up and let nature do the rest. The bed I started last year should be ready in the spring for planting.
I am now starting to compost a new bed. In my 30s I lived next door to a elderly lady. I'm just a few years shy of being how old Mrs. Morrison was back then and I don't consider myself elderly. Funny how our views on age change as we grow older.
Forgive me I do ramble on. Mrs. Morison planted tomatoes every year along her back fence line. She rotated her beds. Some for composting - others for growing.
Hugs, Sara
Walk in Peace.
Live with Joy. |
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| cajungal |
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 09:49:39 AM
My family and I were just talking about that very thing....being Texas neighbors. Howdy!
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 09:29:41 AM
Hello Catherine, we're practically neighbors as the crow flies here in TX. You're on the gulf to the south and I'm along the Red River to the north.
Hugs, Sara
Walk in Peace.
Live with Joy. |
| cajungal |
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 09:13:35 AM
Great idea! I've seen countertop composting containers online for $20 and up. Re-purposing your enamel bucket is utilitarian, decorative and frugal.
I relate to what you describe as what you thought was elderly when you were younger. I, too, have arrived to the age that I used to think was so ooollllldd. Ha!
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
