YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6936 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6936 Posts
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.
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts
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."
YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6936 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6936 Posts
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.
Composting in a Small Yard
Posted - Aug 17 2014 : 08:22:43 AM
