It has been croquet weather the past few weekends down here. So naturally, we got distracted and started to play outside, leaving the interior of the house for those inevitable rainy April days.
We've been wanting to compost for a long time but we never really got serious about it until now. We needed something dog proof and cheap and Mark has found us just the solution. At the brewery, they get apricot puree delivered in giant, blue barrels for that delicious Apricot Hefeweizen. As they emptied the last barrel, Mark cleaned it and brought it home. Then he went Dr. Frankenstein on its ass.
He cut a hatch into the top of it, added some sweet hardware (it locks shut!) and stuck a ventilated piece of PVC pipe from top to bottom so the compost could breathe.
We can tip it on its side and roll it across the yard to mix it and Hudson can't get into it. We've had it 3 weeks and so far no racoons have gotten in either. Unfortunately, it still smells like apricot so opening the hatch is an unpleasant experience.
I started vegetable seeds a few weeks ago as well. Our library never quite recovered from the kitchen experience so it was only natural to turn into a greenhouse this spring. I transplated the sprouts last night into bigger pots to encourage larger root growth, but they all started out in the little pods in the big tray.
