This evening Josh and I went out and picked 6lb of blackberries. (It's funny, but when it comes to weighing fruit for preservers and jam, I always measure it in pounds). Josh ate quite a few, but enjoyed being out and the berries are good. I've sorted them out, removed all (actually most as I'll miss some) the caterpillars and frozen some nice ones for pies and the others for jam. Yum
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Life seems to go too fast to write about it – I’m more a ‘just a get in there and do it’ kind of girl.
However I will make an exception..............
We had a great holiday away but felt most concerned as all our rubbish was going in a bin. It’s
just wrong – it’s a waste. On one occasion I managed to pass a bunch of kitchen scraps over the fence to someone with chooks – it felt right, but was not enough. I have posted feedback accordingly.
You see compost is my true passion – this week I collected 11 sacks of beach mulch and 11 sacks of horse poo with a friend (always better with a friend) and have turned my compost. We have two compost bins, both 1.2m square, made up of layers that can be moved. I had emptied one side before I started then added the poo, mulch, some tansy and water as I turned. As one pile got lower the other got higher and I moved the compost surround layers across. I turned till I got down to ‘the good stuff’. The new pile can now do its thing.
I will add my garden and kitchen waste to the top of the new pile and will use ‘the good stuff’ as required around the garden. When I have run out I will go on another collecting mission and turn the new pile until I get to ‘the good stuff’ again. I always have compost – actually I do give
some away to causes I consider worthy but don’t tell anyone. (OCD?)
So today we went to the kindy working bee and ‘did’ there compost, loaded up the gardens with ‘the good stuff’ after harvesting and clearing - all very satisfying. What I would like to say to any novices out there, size does matter. Stuff needs to be chopped up a bit before being added. Composts do work magic – the miracle will just take longer if the bits are too big.
However I will make an exception..............
We had a great holiday away but felt most concerned as all our rubbish was going in a bin. It’s
just wrong – it’s a waste. On one occasion I managed to pass a bunch of kitchen scraps over the fence to someone with chooks – it felt right, but was not enough. I have posted feedback accordingly.
You see compost is my true passion – this week I collected 11 sacks of beach mulch and 11 sacks of horse poo with a friend (always better with a friend) and have turned my compost. We have two compost bins, both 1.2m square, made up of layers that can be moved. I had emptied one side before I started then added the poo, mulch, some tansy and water as I turned. As one pile got lower the other got higher and I moved the compost surround layers across. I turned till I got down to ‘the good stuff’. The new pile can now do its thing.
I will add my garden and kitchen waste to the top of the new pile and will use ‘the good stuff’ as required around the garden. When I have run out I will go on another collecting mission and turn the new pile until I get to ‘the good stuff’ again. I always have compost – actually I do give
some away to causes I consider worthy but don’t tell anyone. (OCD?)
So today we went to the kindy working bee and ‘did’ there compost, loaded up the gardens with ‘the good stuff’ after harvesting and clearing - all very satisfying. What I would like to say to any novices out there, size does matter. Stuff needs to be chopped up a bit before being added. Composts do work magic – the miracle will just take longer if the bits are too big.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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