A new season begins

And this post has nothing to do with football, cricket or motor racing. With all the growing activity that's going on, I thought it was time to think about a bit of decomposing. Or more specifically, composting!

So over the weekend, I decided to:

• Empty the contents of my black council compost bin into four large plastic bags for storage. (this took me a few hours, as the bin in question is a right nuisance to empty, serious design flaw!)
• Transfer the contents of my self made wooden bin into the aforementioned council bin (this also took a while, as access is quite limited, and the black bin is also a nuisance to fill)
• Prune my Verbena bush, shred the cuttings, and add this into my wooden bin.

The above was all done over two days, and quite a lot of sweat was wasted! Still, I now have 4 very large (and heavy) bags of home made compost, one refilled 250 litre plastic compost bin, and one restarted cold heap. I have since put the cuttings from my Prunus laurocerasus Rotundifolia (Laurel) and my Euonymus, which has already nearly filled the bin by a third!

This is starting to break down already, so I don't suspect will take it too long to turn into compost! And it all starts over again...