Trash
February 11th, 2008 by Brianna
Over the weekend Nathan and I installed two new raised beds for growing veggies in the back yard. (A post with photos of the work in progress is coming up next.) As part of that project, we started working on our compost pile, both because we wanted some of the compost for the veggie beds, and because the compost pile just needs some love. It’s falling over into the wood privacy fence in the back, such that one of the fence posts has almost completely rotted out. *Nice.*
But that’s not all. Listed below are some of the things we found in the compost pile once we got our fork into it:
- plastic bottle tops
- plastic bags
- old phone wire
- pop tops, ring tops from aluminum cans
- pieces of plastic flower pots
- golf balls (both traditional and plastic)
- styrofoam
- an empty soy sauce packet
- screws
- some other unidentified metal objects
- some of those enameled rocks that go in the bottom of fish tanks
- and–this is impressive–the remains of some silk flowers
The previous owner of this house sure had an interesting understanding of composting.
Posted in composting
February 11th, 2008 at 9:38 pm CST
There’s a lot of junk in that compost, Brianna! But looking at it another way- few of us move into yards where anyone even thought of starting a compost pile. Maybe it will mean the previous owners were also less likely to use a lot of lawn and garden chemicals?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
February 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pm CST
I hadn’t thought of it that way, Annie, but it’s certainly possible.
We’ve seen lots of wildlife here: squirrels, birds, toads, lizards, fireflies. Maybe that’s also a sign that they didn’t use too many harmful chemicals.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:49 pm CST
I’m starting a new garden and will be doing mostly raised beds. There isn’t a compost area yet–but there will be. I’m with you–no junk in my compost. Welcome and I look forward to keeping up with your progress!!
Nope, no trash. Anything will biodegrade eventually, I suppose, but I don’t have as much time as plastic takes.
Wishing you good luck and a green thumb in your new garden!
-Brianna