Weeding

Thursday Afternoon

Weeds

This morning was washed out, so I had time for some Administration. Looking at the forecast our next pick will be Saturday afternoon without the dogs picking Eakring Road from Swish Lane to Deerdale Lane.

After a wonderful lunch of Use it up Soup, with the pups in attendance I did a little bit of weeding. We have an annoying strip of decorative stone separating our private drive from the public pavement. It serves little purpose other than to furnish children with ammunition when they get full on biblical and start stoning each other.

No Weeds

We will be getting a Service Contract at some point for the maintenance of the communal grounds on The Pastures, it remains unclear if that contract covers this arsey bit of ground. So far, we neighbours have been pitching in and weeding it.

Now that it is weeded it looks so much better. Free from weeds our little cul-de-sac looks and feels warm again.

The upside was a bucket load of nitrogen for the Hotbin. Poor thing has been running cold since the last turnover, with just the cat litter and what little kitchen scraps we produce for fuel. Right now, it is damp and carbon heavy, these weeds should ignite it into life.

Hotbin Fuel

Combustion

Disposing the cat litter through the Hotbin has really helped us shrink our household waste. We use about 800g a day for two cats. Not only does it save on plastic bin bags, but it also keeps the odour away from our bin store. 

During this current rotation I am trying a couple of dog poop bags to see if their claim of being bio-degradable is valid. The bags have been in for five days now and are still intact. As I say, the Hotbin has been cold for about a week, I am hoping the weeds bring some much need heat.

Keep Litter Out of Nature