Compost

I ordered a compost bin today. What's a compost bin? Shame on you if you don't know what a compost bin is!! J/K A compost bin is a container that will decompose organic materials and turn those materials to soil AKA dirt for those who do not know what soil is. What type of materials? Well, leaves, eggshells, ground coffee, orange and banana peels, etc. There is a whole list of items that you can put in a compost bin. There are also other materials to avoid tossing into the compost as those materials can produce foul odors or attract rodents. The latter part would really be scary for me. Of course, the odor would cause an uproar with my neighbors as well.

Now I know some people will ask why not just buy the soil from Home Depot or Lowes. Simple. Why pay for something that you can get free AND you are also helping the environment by recycling your waste.

Anyway, I've been talking about composting for about a year now. Sad. I take action slowly. Had I bought the compost bin like I originally wanted to instead of waiting for a deal or getting it from the city, I would have had my dirt by now! Go figures. Now I have to practically wait until the end of this year to get my dirt. Oh well. I guess it is o.k. since I have all the time in the world. It's not like my garden is going to get up and leave me. Hm..well, actually, it will probably just wither away due to my lack of commitment.

So, sit back and watch me in the next few months as I pursuit my new endeavor. Wish me luck. In this case, soil! :P

Randomness

It's been a busy couple of weeks! I've been meaning to blog but haven't really had much of a chance to sit down and relax in front of the computer. By the way, my desktop is quickly dying on me!! I so do not want to change computers because I am not looking forward to installing everything again. (Yes, I am lazy like that.)

I started carpooling two weeks ago and so far it's been going well. The husband drops me off in the morning and my co-worker takes me home in the evening. I do like the fact that I am not driving plus it's one car less on the road. The waking up early requires a bit of getting used to but I love going home earlier. I was able to re-pot my plants in the front yard the first week. Oh - I recently acquired a gardenia plant. I am praying that my lovely gardenia plant that has buds will flower soon and also survive. I love gardenia plants. I love how the plant can give off that sweet floral fragrant on a breezy summer night. I am so looking forward to being able to walk out to my front porch to that scent one of these days!