That's right. Free compost.
I love walking in the woods. I had always noticed the rich soil beneath the layer of dried leaves. The
rich, brown soil was nature made compost. These days whenever I drive through the countryside I take notice of the wooded areas. Avoiding piney woods as that compost may be too acid for my vegetable garden. I look for lots of maple and oak trees where there is a good cover of dried leaves.
Keeping a few containers in the back of my car, and a shovel, makes it handy for those drives during
which I see an area that looks just right. As much as possible stay off private property. There is usually plenty of compost in that area along the side of the roads. I seriously doubt anyone would complain about you taking a bucket of compost from the woods.
Since it takes so long to create your own compost, this method gives your compost bins a boost when
starting out.
I found a place with beautiful composted material about a foot deep, maybe a bit more and will be returning there on Saturday with my shovel and 5-gallon buckets.
Expect an update on the collection this weekend.
Thanks for stopping by.
UPDATE:
We dug up lots of beautiful compost last weekend, enough to get a good start in the garden. Since we don't own a truck we put extra-large totes in the back of our suv.
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