We got buckets of rain all through Monday. There were flood warnings out for part of the state. From what I saw, the streams, rivers and swamps seemed to be handling the rain and snow melt pretty well.
Someone at work asked me if we had any water problems from the rain. "Nope, we still have plenty of snow to soak up the rain." She looked at me like I was crazy.
Hey, when the tops of the pallets of rocks, that are sitting in the front yard, finally came into view on Sunday - it means we still have another 2 1/2 - 3 feet of snow to melt off. The rocks are in n area that gets about a half day of sun. I can't even see the top of the composter in the garden, which means there is still well over 3 feet of snow in the areas that don't get much sun at all. The bare spots are few; places that were kept shovelled or snow blown, directly above the septic tank, and slopes that face directly east.
We are supposed to have fairly warm weather the rest of this week, so most of the snow will likely melt. Then I will finally be able to see the composter so I can run the kitchen scraps out to it (only while there is still snow on the ground - once the snow melts it will be a swamp up there until the end of May).
I've been playing in the dirt (pretending it's the garden) and transplanting seedlings to larger post. Sunday I transplanted the onions and last night 12 tomato plants were transferred. Tonight or tomorrow night, I will transplant the rest of the tomatoes. I am hoping the peppers can hold off until the weekend.
So everyone else can talk about playing in their gardens - me, I have to play with the inside garden.
Glad that you are at least getting something dark under your fingernails, Bogie. Wouldn't want your hands getting too clean--LOL. Too bad that you have bears and such to worry about (well, it's kind of neat having them around, but for composting it's a problem).
At the foot of the steps from the back "porch" to the patio, I keep two 5-gallon buckets, one inside the other. I put the composting scraps into the bottom one. Critters can take off lids, but they haven't figured out how to lift one bucket out of the other. The top bucket is my weeding bucket. Of course, when I'm actually weeding, the bucket gets emptied onto the compost pile; but, if I just pull a few stragglers here and there, the weeds go into the top bucket until I get around to taking it out to the compost pile. Critters don't eat the the weeds!
Posted by: Cop Car | March 30, 2005 at 06:03 AM
I've never had bears mess with my compost - only bird feeders. I must not put any "good" stuff in it because nothing has ever disturbed the compost pile (except the yellow jacets that got drunk on fermenting pears).
Now that I have the enclosed compost bin, I don't expect that to change.
Posted by: bogie | March 31, 2005 at 04:14 AM
OK. I was implying stuff there that I wasn't saying. I had assumed (shame on me!) that you couldn't keep a compost bucket on your deck (during the boggy season) for fear of attracting bears. Bad assumption, huh? You probably DO keep a temporary bin--somewhere.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 31, 2005 at 09:01 AM
We're not covered in snow, but we're not growing a whole lot yet! I spent about five hours this week cleaning spent plants from two of the gardens, picking up wood from several downed trees, and generally making things neater. I still have a LOT to do, but we've had a spate of rain and heavy wind today. Spring is coming. I know it is!
Posted by: Buffy | March 31, 2005 at 10:14 PM
Cop Car - If I had put the two paragraphs in context, I would have figured it out better! I do have a compost bin inside. But, I only keep eggshells, pepper seeds and dry-type stuff in there onece I can't find the big composter in the snow (about February this year). Actaully, I'm more worried about cats, dogs, raccoons and stinging insects being attracted to a compost pail if I put one on the deck.
Buffy - I'm still jealous! I'm just waiting for enough snow to melt for the crocus' to start blooming (or for me to see them - whichever).
Posted by: bogie | April 01, 2005 at 04:22 AM