Since I didn't realize till about December that I'd actually miss planting season due to being nin months pregnant by then or perhaps giving birth already, I started with much gusto to learn about gardening. Since finding out I won't be able to do what I was originally planning, I've sat on the entire project. Things are at a standstill so I can attend to other things (like our new baby!)



I was wondering what to do with the compost I already have. It attracted many bugs when Spring… Continue

This isn't the bin I REALLY want, but it's the best I can do for now.

I have moved the little pile to these three buckets with holes punched in them. We turn the old laundry containers upside down so that it'll be easier to take out the compost from the bottom. This should hold us… Continue

I'm so excited! It's still up in the air about how exactly I'm going to be composting, but I got busy and just started raking up the dead left over grass on our yard and put it in a pile near our back door. It's kinda out of the way so people can't see it from the front. I found a worm when I was raking! I made sure I put him in the pile. Then I went and got an old black banana and put that in the middle and put some more dried up, brown grass clippings on top. It's just sitting on the grass… Continue

RIDICULOUS!!!! Do we REALLY need these people to tell us what we can and can not do with our property. Isn't it enough I'm paying mortgage on the home? How many hoops do I have to jump through!!?!?!?!



OOOOOKAY.......take a breath.....anywhoo, I wrote our board members and asked them about a compost pile and veggie garden. One guy said the compost will attract vermin like raccoons, muskrats and rabbits and stuff. I assured him it wouldn't (I guess he thought it would smell), but I'll… Continue