Working on a Saturday?
Perish the thought!
Meanwhile, here’s a composting bin.
Having unexpectedly lost a good few hours of work time yesterday and with the composting bin to finish, I nipped outside after (a rather late) breakfast and carried on.
I cleared away a previous attempt at a composting bin, put as much of the compost as would fit into the existing bin, and put this one up on the same spot as the one that I had just dismantled and put the rest of the compost in. That will act as a starter.
The top off the dismantled bin, I salvaged that and cut it down to fit the new one, rescrewing and strengthening it where necessary. I was also able to salvage the hinges that I had bought and used for the infamously-unsuccessful trapdoor in the landing floor, and now I have a folding lid on the compost bin. That was a design failing on the original one, having just a lift-on, lift-off lid.
When I get around to it and I can find some cheap forsythia, I’ll put a little hedge around it. I’m not sure when that might be, though.
What is ironic about all of this though is that yesterday, the day after I had built the framework for the composting bin, the postie came round with a leaflet, telling us that VALTOM, the organisation that deals with waste disposal, has a special offer on compost bins this Spring.
Two other jobs that I had intended to do yesterday – fixing the guttering on the lean-to and cleaning out the tank for the solar shower – well, they will have to wait for Monday regardless. There are limits to what I’m prepared to do on an “office” day.
This afternoon, I’ve been researching for my website. I needed quite a few bits and pieces off the internet, so I decided to attack that.
And really, that’s about it today. Doing my shopping on Friday evening is a good plan, that’s for sure.
