Summer Garden, Take 1

Trent and I are really into composting, but we're also really lazy about it. Our old compost pile wasn't actually creating any good soil, even with an abundance of worms, mainly because we rarely turned it and consistently forgot to add dry ingredients. It wasn't for a lack of dry ingredients either; in the spirit of our grandfathers,we drove around and picked up bags of leaves from our neighbors' yards. Of course we forgot that when we finally raked our own yard we would have our own piles of leaves, so it became time for a compost upgrade. Trent whipped up a "fence themed" box and installed it last week.

Rush was spending some guy time in the backyard with Trent, and he played in the shade (the little shade that palm trees give) for a few minutes before finding the bird bath, which was in two pieces on its way to a new location in the yard. Rainwater in the bird bath is not only fun to play in, but it's also apparently fun to drink.

While we're getting a late start, we're hoping to have a summer garden planed soon. Our tomato plants are still enjoying the greenhouse-like environment of the bathroom and will hopefully make it into the yard this week. Our loyal jalapeno plant looks like it survived multiple freezes this summer and our new cilantro is growing in a pot, so there could be fresh salsa in the future. Or there could be jars of Pace and fat, happy bugs living it up in our yard again.