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...

I am in the middle of a huge project of cleaning and organizing my whole house. I am going to go through each room of my house and clean and organize everything. I plan on replacing some furniture to help with better organization of my house. Some of the furniture is not serving the propose I need it for. I hope that when I am done with my cleaning and organizing project, I will be able to locate thing better and keep everything cleaned better. I am currently, working on cleaning and organizing the kitchen. This is not the first time, I have cleaned and organized the kitchen since I moved in the house but this is the first time I doing a full kitchen cleaning and organizing of it. I have pulled out everything out of the cabinets, wiped the cabinets out and then put the cans and boxes of food back in the cabinets. Even with a lot more to done, I am happy with what I have gotten done already.  One thing I am waiting on, my sister to come and get her stuff that she is storing at my ho...