Decade or so ago, spouse & I started a compost bin. Cool idea, and I wanted in. I never had good luck with it, though. The first time I tried to harvest compost, I found eggshells and orange rinds. I sometimes think I could put dirt in and get eggshells out ( Read more... )

( DucKon )

I had an "awwwwww" moment this morning.

While leaving my polling place, I saw two geese wandering through the un-mowed grass beside the road.

When I got closer, I saw three little grey-yellow fluff-balls, barely visible above the grass, wandering with.

I needed to mow today, so when I got home from work I started to do that. While mowing down some of the weeds that are growing in the plot that has no grass due to grubs last year I saw something and stopped the mower. 'Twas a ToadFrogThing. I herded hir off of the area to be mowed and kept going -- looking a bit sharper. The 2nd one was ( Read more... )

( Yesterday after work )