One of our favorite readers, Lisa from Tasmania has shared an awesome post with us yet again. Normally she sends over stories and pictures from her life in Australia. She’s shared amazing pictures of her garden and even a yummy apple recipe. This time she’s walking us through a DIY Composting Bin that she made on the cheap. Thanks again for sharing, Lisa!
Hope you are enjoying your new food freedom and some hot weather! Its a little icy out today, despite the blue skies! Can you believe its mid-winter here and I just picked some fresh tomatoes out of the hothouse?? Its not artificially heated either. I just left one of the tomato plants in there to do what it wanted. We still have potatoes in the pantry from last season, fresh broccoli and carrots (and beef from my cousins farm too!)
Anyway, its all about the compost today!
It’s so wonderful to come back and stir it up and see steam rising!!! I tried to get a photo of that but… doesn’t really show, but the heat in there already is fabulous!
Have a lovely day!
Cheers,
Lisa
suzanne says
Thank you Lisa for sharing. It’s always fun to catch a glimpse.
Lisa Millar says
Thanks! Its so nice Mavis puts up my posts! 🙂
Mavis Butterfield says
Anytime Lisa, we LOVE your stories and pictures. 🙂
Raymond Dean White says
Love the idea of using a shredder to chop up debris for your compost pile. If you don’t have one but do have a leaf blower/vacuum set it on vacuum and it will shred dry stuff pretty well too.
Lisa Millar says
We don’t have a leaf blower, but lots of people do I guess – I didn’t know they would vacuum too!!
The main thing was for this bay was to speed things up! Its certainly working!
diane @smartmoneysimplelife says
Ha ha ha… Aussie army camo never goes out of style, huh?!
Starting to think of spring here, too (Sunday was very spring-like here in southern Vic) and compost is very much on my mind. I really need to get serious about it instead of just hoping it’ll work out.
There’s always something to do in the garden!
Lisa Millar says
hee hee – we are all about style here!! 🙂
Actually they are pretty hard pants to kill, so perfect gardening wear!
Miserable weather here. I gave up gardening for the last week – finished making my plum liqueur instead!
Get on to your compost! The way this year is hurtling past, its going to be spring before we know it!
Mrs. D says
Hi! Thanks for your post. Enjoyed reading it!
What is the purpose of the chicken wire in the beach photo?
Lisa Millar says
Grip! Helps on wooden pathways when the weather is damp (a lot) and gets slippery
A lot of the path ways in national parks have been elevated to keep people from trampling all over delicate flora, and they generally cover them with the chicken wire.
Thanx for reading! 🙂
suzanne says
Chicken wire keeps the walkway from becoming slippery. It’s just for traction.
Lisa Millar says
Thanx! I wrote a reply that seems to have disappeared into the internet ether….
(A lot of our elevated pathways esp. in national parks have chicken wire attached for better grip) 🙂
cathy harrell says
There’s that beautiful kitty again:)
Lisa Millar says
awwww – thanx 🙂