Many days since last post! That is because we had so much rain that we were washed down the drain and ended up out to sea on a raft. ( Or at least that's what it felt like). Lucky the chooks had luxury accomodation in the shed.
Happily, the rain abated and there are lovely fine hot days, so our next big project could begin; that is; the huge heap of garden rubbish we had accumulated, what with the mondo grass, all the cacti, fallen trees etc. that had sat beside the house in the alley, could now begin its journey in our brand new, shiney trailer to the dump. What excitement. Christening the trailer, and exploring the dump.
The trailer performed marvellously, and the dump is a queen among dumps. $6 per load of garden rubbish, and $15 for 2 trailer loads of chocolate grade compost ( on the way home). Yummy!
On the first trip, were lost the rings that hold the tailboard shut. ( we forgot to lock them), but the nice dump man chased after us and found them. Such attention.
Moving the heaps from the alley to trailer was in itself a challenge. Spiders, toads and a small snake had called the heap home. And worms! The butcher birds thought they had died and gone to heaven. In a couple of weeks we are off to a seminar on compost making, and then there will be no wasteful dump heaps, I guess!