So, I have only been officially composting for 5 days now. I am amazed at all the scraps, clippings and paper shreds we can put inside to rot and not in our trash. Hopefully this experiment works since the composting vessel is self made. I couldn't fathom the idea of dropping over $100 on a retail plastic barrel (I mean that could be a nice pair of shoes, right?) that would produce way too much compost anyhow for our smaller urban garden. We used a small Odjob hand concrete mixer made out of non-leaching plastic and drilled small holes around the outside. I can't wait to have our own golden soil! Our garden is going to be a fun project for Sophia and I while Eric is gone. If all goes well and we actually grow anything, we are going to step it up to canning and send freshly grown organic tomatoes to Eric in Japan! I am not quite sure why we didn't try this out before considering all the sunshine and mild temps we get here.
I also bought a few children's books about gardening and planting. Sophia has her own watering can, and child sized gardening tools. She also enjoys turning the compost barrel daily. We are both working on earning our green thumbs. Pictures will follow eventually if our garden is a success!
