Mountain Highs and Valley Lows

 With the failed try of the garage bin compost, I have gone back to my old compost pile. I brought home three pallets from the trash at work to help contain the compost pile. This afternoon, I put the three pallets together and worked on getting the compost in the compost stall. I just used some common nails and a hammer to make the backstop for my compost pile. It was a pain to get the first nails in on each side being I was working on the project by myself but, I got it together. I managed to get the pallet back stop together and placed around the compost pile in the rain today. I will need to get out on the next day when there is no rain and work on getting the backstop setup better around the compost pile.  When the rain stops, I will need to shift through the compost and get the good dirt out and use it in my garden beds throughout my yard. Then clean up all the leaves and other organic material in the yard and put it on the compost. I am hoping with the wood around the c...

 For over a year, I have been trying composting in trash cans. While I did end up with some dark dirt, II am not happy with the results I got. The dirt I got was a wet soggy mess. I poured the dirt in the trash can in the front yard out into the raised garden bed I have in the front yard to let it dry out. I hope after it dries out I while have usable compost. I will let it dry for the rest of the week and check on it this weekend. Since the trash can compost has not worked, I will go back to having a post compost pile behind the shed in the backyard. Over the years, I have had better results from the compost pile in the backyard and it is less work to maintain.  I hope to get a garden started in my front yard next year. I got sick with Covid while I was working on getting it set up this year. I will continue to work on things for the rest of this year to get going with things in the garden next year.  My plan is to eventually have my whole yard outside as a garden as a p...