A couple of weeks ago when the snow still covered much of our yard, a bright red something caught my eye. It was a cardinal perched on the lowest branch of our evergreen tree. My heart jumped with joy as it was a definite sign that the weather was warming and spring was near. Since then I have spotted blue jays as well and most of the snow has melted away exposing our long lost lawn. It's interesting b/c everything looks so flat now. While I thought I was just seeing everything turn white, the snow had added much to the topography of the landscape. Yes, that is how much snow we had this year. Anyway, joy, joy, joy!! I went to a composting workshop held by our local landfill and brought home an
Earth Machine compost bin which I might add was distributed by the landfill for free. I've never composted before, so we shall see how that goes. It seems there is an art to composting. I also learned about
vermicomposting and for those who live in apartments and want to compost should definitely look into it. I might start one in the late fall so I can compost during the cold winter months.
We also want to have a vegetable garden this summer and I have started growing some herbs and veggies from seed. To be honest, I know nothing about growing plants from seed nor much about gardening, but I shall learn something for sure this year. Would appreciate any advices or suggestion or even pointing to excellent resources/websites.
