Cheery's country living adventure

Thanks ladies :kisses3:

I do actually *have* a dentist pot that did have just over £200 in it... but then somehow it vanished during the reshuffle when we moved house... :mad: My own fault - made a mental note NEVER to pilfer from the dentist pot!

Hey ho.

Lovely weekend with friends visiting and pottering around the garden :j Spent a little bit on food but nothing too out of the ordinary (and they left various bits behind anyway so we don't need a shopping trip any time soon).

Nothing big planned this week (except the dentist...) Must make food for tomorrow and Wednesday to take to work though.

Sun's shining and it's LOVELY out there :j Got a load of stuff to read for work so I'm trying to get finikey emails/online stuff done this morning then get out in the sunshine to read :j

Welcome back KC! Will pop over a dread your news in a bit

Mine is a three bay system (although this was just one of the bins). Couple of pallets round the edge and chicken wire at the back, with a bit of plastic thrown over the top. No particular design, just what was lying round.

I think the magic came from the ingredients. I've been throwing all our veg and fruit peelings in it since I built it in late March. We eat a lot of fruit and veg, quite a mix. Mr Cheery also drinks quite a lot of coffee, so lots of coffee grounds... And every time I emptied the kitchen caddy, I threw on a handful of hay that we swept out of one of the outbuildings - goodness knows how long it's been there but it's not rotted down. Oh, and I always suggest to male visitors that they might want to weeeeeee on it to help it along (and have been known to add a bit myself, with the aid of a container and the non-transparent plastic greenhouse of course - no hovering for me!) :rotfl:

I wasn't expecting it to be done - I was actually digging it out to mix it into one of the other bays along with the mixture of hay/fresh grass cuttings/small bits of free manure that I'd been collecting in another bay (which, incidentally, hasn't composted much at all). But when I dug it out there was hardly any peelings left, just lovely compost! :j

So I have no idea whether that's helpful I've read good things (somewhere...) about the ones you turn, but I've always managed decent compost from just throwing stuff in some kind of square walled container that lets a bit of air in. Two (or more) bays help, as long as you have the ability to chuck everything from one to the other.

We did have a dalek bin for the last year or so at our old house but I never got round to emptying it as I was more focused on decorating than gardening by then. I never got full though and I was putting all our compostable waste on it (including odd bits of garden cuttings) so it was clearly rotting down a bit!

Perhaps so themadvix! :j :j It's funny, I've been composting for years and never had trouble with it, whatever bin I've been using. Maybe I've just got the knack (whatever that is :rotfl: )

Up early this morning and I was at work by 8.15 (I was planning to be here by 7.30 but never mind :rotfl: ) Anyway, I actually got one of the few, much-coveted free parking spaces outside the office :j :j :j This is SO exciting :rotfl: This is a quiet time of year but it's still not guaranteed.

I've got an hour-long dentist appointment at 11 though so I have to make a decision - do I take the car (which will likely mean I won't get a free space when I get back), or do I go on the bike?? I did bring the foldy bike for that purpose, I'm just being idle :rotfl: It's only 1.5 miles, and mostly flatish (although sadly more uphill on the way back). But last time I walked back and it still only took me half an hour so cycling will likely be almost as quick as driving round the ring road and trying to find a space when I get back...

Ok, bike it is :j Then I'll keep my free spot and the minute I'm ready to leave work I can just trot off :j :j

Other MSE things (trying to get my head back to thinking about it )

* brought lunch - just cheese butties with a bit of spinach but using up the bread I got for visitors at the weekend (and that we didn't need)

* used up the last of a small pot of body lotion yesterday, and cut it up to get the dregs out

Er, that's probably it actually But my only spends today should be some teabags for the tea kitty at work which (shock horror) appears to have run out of non-decaf tea :eek: :eek: :rotfl: