work ahead

 I think I will be busy soon

    This arrived today.

    I was in the back of the yard emptying my compost bin , then drove around the house and spotted it as I cam in from the front yard.

    Our van was parked in the driveway.

    Jim, who delivered it, was next door and I told him I would have moved the van.  He said he just wiggled around it.

    Now the fun begins.

    I love the smell of oak mulch.  So earthy and, well, oaky!  This is what 3 yards looks like.  

    It will be a few days before I start work on it.  

    Tomorrow I head to O'Hare to get Julia.  

    I know I won't take 88 because there is work on the road by DeKalb and it is one lane each direction.  With all the truck traffic that could mean a huge delay. Plus I'm not crazy about driving in a construction zone.  Call me weird, I just don't like it.

    I have a compost bin in the back of the yard.  I throw most of my food waste in it, except cheese and meat products.  In the spring I harvest the compost and put it in my raised gardens.

    Two years ago as I was sifting the compost to weed out large debris, I had the idea of building a little frame, maybe 18 inches by 2 feet.  I would spread screen wire over it and make it easier to sift.

    I remembered that last year, thinking I had all summer and winter to build a frame.

    Well, no frame.  I end up holding the screen wire by the edges and getting stuck by loose screen wire.

    But this year.....I will again plan on building a screen sifter!

    Maybe I will use my power miter box one more time before I sell it.

    Time will tell.

Peace and Love