Build Your Own Compost Bin!
Do this first.
By the time you get your growframe done you'll have the first soil that you will need from your own compost. It will also get you started toward the habit of recycling organic things.
This picture shows you a simple two part bin wired together using discarded shipping palettes.
As you use the soil from your compost it is a good idea to strain out the large pieces of twigs, stones, etc. that may not yet be broken down. It also becomes a pleasure to work with when strained.
Here you see a simple strainer I built out of hardware wire and some redwood boards.
Your compost mass should be a layered cake of differing materials.
I've also discovered that by adding red worms to my compost I don't need to stir it as often. Keep adding organic materials to the top for them to eat and they'll do a lot the work for you!
Backyard Projects
During this time my backyard was an arena of activities. Simultaneous to planning and building my passive solar grow frame greenhouse I was working on these:
Using more of my recycled cedar fence pickets I built this nice bench around my maple tree, eventually duplicating it around both maple trees. This was a real addition to the backyard comfort.
About the only solution to weeds and mud is to install a paved walkway. Here I used redwood frames filled with sand, leveled and individual cement paver blocks were placed with a pattern that made it more interesting. Perfect. Easy to clean.
There is no vegetable garden in northern Arizona without native Sunflowers, at least I've never seen one. Gardeners love them. They bring pollinating bees and butterflies to your project. Here you see a picture of a tryptic oil painting I did based on the scene from my studio window during the August monsoons. It is entitled, "Remembering August," because I painted it in winter.
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