Hello November

Speaking of composting, that is going well, too. For the past month I'd been collecting non-meat scraps in a couple of empty cat litter buckets, and this past weekend we finally had the time and nice weather to build a composting enclosure. It's a very simple thing, really, just four metal fenceposts wrapped with some of the 2' wire fencing we used on the garden this year. Michael mowed the lawn while I worked on ripping up the remains of the garden, and it all went on the pile. I'd throw down a layer of wet scraps from the kitchen, then cover with a layer of leaves, then another wet layer, then a layer of grass clippings, etc. We put a ton of stuff onto the pile, and hopefully enough neutral matter over each layer and covering the top that it won't attract animals. We'll see how it goes. It felt very satisfying to get that done, plus the lawn and garden were taken care of for the winter at the same time. Today I think I'll go outside and cut down all my perennials to get that out of the way.