Hi Frank,
Thanks for the good advice. My compost pile was actually pretty magnificent
before the guys came and dug up tons of dirt along the fence line and dumped
it on the pile (it was actually a long row of compost, a few inches deep,
but luscious looking and smelling). Now I can't find it! It's too mixed up
with sandy dirt and chunks of concrete!
I'll just have to rake up the concrete and loose rocks and start over. Now
if only the weather would cooperate! Consistent temps in the 90s in full sun
don't inspire one to do much labor!
Thanks again,
Deborah
Deborah White wrote:
Deborah
Easy to be wise in hindsight, but I wonder if your compost would have
survived had you thrown a piece of strong plastic over it before the
debris started to fall.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
Moira,
> Easy to be wise in hindsight, but I wonder if your compost would have
> survived had you thrown a piece of strong plastic over it before the
> debris started to fall.
Probably. But when you have three guys in your backyard, with tools and
piles of wood everywhere, you tend to want to stay out of the way. I didn't
even think to cover it; I was more concerned about them tromping all over
the plants in the bed. I asked them to be careful, but we still lost a few
plants. My husband loved his Elfin patch, but it disappeared from its spot,
so he dug and dug until he found it. We took it out and put it in a pot
temporarily. It's doing great.
I hope that my experience will be a lesson to others to take the necessary
measures to protect your plants and other things in the garden from the
ravages of workmen! :-)
Deborah
What do you others think? I know I would be very discouraged if it had happened to me. After thinking about it, I would have gone through it inch by inch and removed the concrete and tossed it in the garbage bin. I would have looked at the dirt/sand and said to myself, "Well, okay!" Perhaps in the process I might move the ruined compost heap up into a wheelbarrow and moved it away from the new fence.
90F is nothin'! Think of those poor people in San Diego, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, etc.
Of course I have energetic weather here. Warmer than the past month and I've been outside an hour. (Actually, the outside thermometer says 36C which is about 90F, but the sun is shining on it).
Carol
Carol Jensen wrote:
> Of course I have energetic weather here. Warmer than the past month and I've been outside an hour. (Actually, the outside thermometer says 36C which is about 90F, but the sun is shining on it).
Carol,
It is a good idea to arrange a little "parasol" to shade your ouitside
thermometer from direct sun, this way it shoud give you a more accurate
reading at all times.
My outside 'meter is on the outside of a west-facing window and gets the
afternoon sun. I made a simple shade for it by cutting down a beer can
(!) to fit over it, while still allowing free ventilation - not the most
elegant solution, but it works!
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
Tony, mine is right by the front door, so I guess something makeshift wouldn't look so good!
Besides if the thermometer says 36C, I know it's going to be a nice day! And by noon it shows the correct temperature, as the house faces due east.
Carol
P.S. This was the second summer day (DANISH summer day) since the first week of May!
