Worms & garden news
Checked the worm bin this morning and it looked like things were back to normal. The new shredded newspaper bedding looked great, it had soaked up all the excess moisture and looked damp but not sopping the way it's supposed to be. There were only a couple of worms hanging out stuck to the walls of the bin, which is what I'm used to seeing. No huge clumps of 200 worms crammed into the nooks and crannies of the lid. Whew!
I didn't have the time to really look in there and see if the worms were happily burrowed in or all lying dead in heaps on the bottom, but there was no rotting smell so I'm assuming things were fine. Tonight I plan to dig around and get a better look.
I've realized that we make more waste than can be handled by one 2' x 3' bin, which was surprising to me. It's kind of nice to know we eat more fresh produce than I thought. Once the garden starts producing there's going to be a lot more! Maybe I should get a couple more bins, I might have something suitable around the house.
Now I'm kicking myself for not stopping to pick up the discarded drawers I saw by the side of the road yesterday, next to a shattered dresser. Those would have been perfect for bins. Oh well, next time I suppose.
Speaking of my garden, it's looking good. A few beans have sprouted, which I am excited about, and I've still got my fingers crossed that the critters will stay out. Last year the beans only got a few inches tall and were sheared off, never to return. No other new sprouts as yet, but all the transplants are looking good. All broccoli plants are accounted for and there have been no new chipmunk/mole tunnels. Still need to spread those charcoal briquettes around, I need to try to remember that when I get home tonight.
I can't tell you how excited I am about tomatoes. Dave got me three plants - two are roma tomatoes as I like the plum variety, but those are late bearers so I won't see those until later in the season. The third plant is some sort of early bearing tomato, not sure what kind, but I'm mentally urging it to hurry up! Once the basil is up and we have tomatoes, I plan to go to Nezinscot to see if they make mozzarella. Yummers. I could live on mozzarella-tomato-basil-balsamic-vinegar salad.
I didn't have the time to really look in there and see if the worms were happily burrowed in or all lying dead in heaps on the bottom, but there was no rotting smell so I'm assuming things were fine. Tonight I plan to dig around and get a better look.
I've realized that we make more waste than can be handled by one 2' x 3' bin, which was surprising to me. It's kind of nice to know we eat more fresh produce than I thought. Once the garden starts producing there's going to be a lot more! Maybe I should get a couple more bins, I might have something suitable around the house.
Now I'm kicking myself for not stopping to pick up the discarded drawers I saw by the side of the road yesterday, next to a shattered dresser. Those would have been perfect for bins. Oh well, next time I suppose.
Speaking of my garden, it's looking good. A few beans have sprouted, which I am excited about, and I've still got my fingers crossed that the critters will stay out. Last year the beans only got a few inches tall and were sheared off, never to return. No other new sprouts as yet, but all the transplants are looking good. All broccoli plants are accounted for and there have been no new chipmunk/mole tunnels. Still need to spread those charcoal briquettes around, I need to try to remember that when I get home tonight.
I can't tell you how excited I am about tomatoes. Dave got me three plants - two are roma tomatoes as I like the plum variety, but those are late bearers so I won't see those until later in the season. The third plant is some sort of early bearing tomato, not sure what kind, but I'm mentally urging it to hurry up! Once the basil is up and we have tomatoes, I plan to go to Nezinscot to see if they make mozzarella. Yummers. I could live on mozzarella-tomato-basil-balsamic-vinegar salad.
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