Some Trash Talk

Going "green" is 

high up on the

priority list at

Sall Farm...

I'm always trying

to think of better 

ways to reduce

recycle 

and 

reuse!!

The favorite recycling

effort around here is 

the compost bin...

Recently I replaced

the "Folgers-Yuck-Bucket"

with a state-of-the-art

(well okay that's 

over-stating)...

anyway, more 

attractive

yuck bucket.

I didn't fork over the $35 clams

they wanted for the fancy ceramic 

and stainless steel model... instead I opted

for the practical (and cheaper)

simple trash can...

yes, I am very practical (cheap)

and I'm a sucker for anything red (and cheap)

and everytime I pick up the lid

it reminds me of Oscar the Grouch!

Even Oscar could not complain

about this handy little red can 

sitting there just ready to collect 

all of our yucky waste....

It's amazing how much green 

trash we go through...

All of the leftover leafy salads,

peelings of any sort,

coffee grinds, egg shells,

and all of those yucky vegetables

that get forgotten in the bottom

of the refrigerator drawer!

They all get collected in my new 

 compost can and then hauled 

out to the compost pile...

Grass clippings and dead headed flowers 

and wheel barrows full of weeds 

also get thrown on top of the 

kitchen scraps...

turn the pile a few times 

throughout the summer,

let it sit all winter. 

repeat the cycle and 

before you know

you've made some 

of the most fertile compost 

you can buy (no chemicals added)!!

New stuff on one side,

keep turning...

when its done,

I throw it to the other side.

See the nice black dirt at the top?

Now I need to take the nice 

black stuff and add it to the garden.

There are already weeds growing out of it....

Our totally organic neighbor told

me if you have lambs quarters growing

in your dirt that means it's very

fertile dirt...

that's what I have growing 

out my compost so it must be true!!

Composting is so easy to do

and the plants love it too!

Have a great "GREEN" weekend!

and

as Oscar the Grouch

would say,

"Now SCRAM!"

:)

Linking with Tootsie

for Fertilizer Friday

come visit, you'll be glad you did!