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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Digging for gold

Good compost is considered gold in the garden.
Some people call it black gold.
Each spring I remove any uncomposted material from the top of the pile and there it is....
beautiful compost to top dress the garden beds.
And I never turned the pile once! HA!
All the twigs, leaves, grass, and plant trimmings go back on the pile, when I will dig again in the fall.
These are the rules I follow in building my compost piles:

Alternate carbon and nitrogen materials. ( Browns and greens basically)
Keep the pile filled with air. Hopefully it rains once in a while to keep it semi-moist.
Very large diameter twigs or branches on a separate pile.
Nothing with disease.

And that's it!
The lazy method of composting...it works for me.

On another subject, recently I posted about my new seating arrangement for the garden.
I would like to paint the garden bench...but am perplexed as to what color.

Does anyone have an idea?
Sage green, deep cobalt blue...maybe gloss black?

I'd LOVE opinions.







4 comments:

  1. How about a mustard yellow color (something like the color of the pot)? I also love hot pink but that wouldn't match your colors so how about lime green and aqua stripes?

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  2. Hi Karen, Your compost looks just great! I am always stirring mine, trying to hurry things along. However, you have proven that patience is a virtue!
    Beth

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  3. I don't have the space for a traditional compost pile but am hoping to squeeze in a composting barrel this summer. I do make lots of worm compost that's awesome in the garden in an unfinished portion of my basement. But I'd love to have a pile as big as yours! As for your bench, what about a muted turquoise blue? It would pop against the evergreen and would partner well with the grey chairs. I'm not sure if it would match the cushion. A greyish purple would be beautiful, too.

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  4. sage green or even purple would be just beautiful on the bench gonna try this compost thing

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