Hi, friends!
Yesterday I managed to put together a tumbler composter! Despite the instructions being incredibly vague!
This summer I’m hoping to make compost. We’ll see how that goes.
Do you have any plans for summer stuff this year that is different? The compost is my big garden excitement this year.
As a city-farm transplant, I have to say that compost is surprisingly satisfying.
We also use something called “sheep manure tea” which is not nearly as delicious as it sounds.
I’d sure like to tea that sheep’s manure.
Hmm. That doesn’t work so well when it’s not a celebrity FYCE.
We were thinking about getting a compost tumbler, but it looked like it was going to be way too high maintenance for us. If you get it to work, let us know.
My plan this summer is the same as the past few summers: spending the evenings with Butcher Dog jumping into the lake and retrieving treats that I smack out as far as I can with a tennis racket.
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Happy dog!
What are the odds the dog steals something from you and makes you swim after it?
What I’m saying is keep your car keys on a chunk of styrofoam.
You know, she is surprisingly good about not doing shit she’s not supposed to. Mrs. Butcher mentioned once how Butcher Dog never went through a manic puppy chewing phase. She will only chew things that we give her as “hers” to chew. The most trouble she gets in is being way too happy to see people and wanting to get all over them, when that is not the rule.
She does get super agitated though, if I make her wait too long to do her run and jump into the lake. She’ll bark at me like she’s saying, “hurry up, goddammit!”
I’ll probably have an update in 2 months, or sooner if it goes badly. 🙂
Supposedly you can go from waste to compost in as few as 3 weeks, but also I think that presumes a lot more heat than I have until we’re in July/August here.
We’ve had a compost bin forever & put all our coffee grounds in there. The earthworms go crazy & seem to breakdown the compost quicker when high on caffeine. I also put my spent grains & hops in there after brewing.
My outdoor projects include finishing the stone walkway to the front door, yearly deck maintenance, fixing a leaning trellis, & a new birdbath for the hummingbirds.
It was supposed to be the summer for a new driveway but having to put in a new heat pump put the kibosh on that. New patio furniture would be nice.
I’ve been getting up to speed on my Big Green Egg. I was going to sell it after the divorce, but I kinda got in to it!
I have a few friends into those. Pretty cool but I am too tough on BBQs to own & maintain one of those.
Never give up the Big Green Egg.
I want to be outside as much as possible. Will plant some veggies and herbs. Will continue to go to monthly orienteering meets here if my schedule allows. And lots of hiking and/or trail running. More birding, too.
Kayaking is my favorite water sport. We got an inflatable paddle board two years ago because it fit in our car. It’s fun but I’m not great at standing up and balancing for long periods of time. Now that we have an SUV and “free” money to spend (a self-care bonus from work that can only go towards sporting goods or a gym membership), we’re getting a kayak. I’m super excited!
I love kayaking, but I’ve learned at my skill level to never leave the stretch where you’re going against the wind and current until the end.
Kayaking is so fun. I have 2 ocean kayaks & 2 inflatable paddle boards. San Juan’s kayaking is amazing but even locally from Edmonds to Camano Island is so fun.
I’m a life long river rat. I have a small kayak, Mr P has a larger fishing kayak. And 3 canoes that don’t get as much use anymore.Have fun!