From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
     decided i could not let things be outside and the   
   weather was good enough to go back out.   
      
     the plan was to knock as much dirt off the weeds i'd   
   stirred up yesterday and add them to a new worm bucket   
   (bringing the total up to 13).  after a while i realized   
   it wasn't going to go that quickly and it was a bit too   
   cold and the root balls were way too wet/muddy, so i   
   compromised and only did the lower part and part of the   
   other edge.  keeping the lowest edge cleared of grass   
   and weeds will be a challenge enough but we'll see how   
   this all works out - and if it seems to be too much of   
   a problem i'll go back to smothering it - that does work   
   and it doesn't take that much time to do.   
      
     in the bottom of the worm bucket is shredded paper   
   and then a few weeks of banana peels, beans that didn't   
   make the edible cut, various fruit and vegetable scraps   
   and some pods from flower seeds i'd finally gotten   
   around to starting to get cleaned up/winnowed.  the   
   grass, grass roots and other weeds went up top and in a   
   bit i'll open up a worm bin or two to raid for some   
   worms to put in there.   
      
     i have a lot more paper shredding scraps to process   
   this year so having another bucket to be able to work on   
   those will help get more of that done before this   
   coming planting season.   
      
     at times i have had enough paper shreddings to put   
   some of them in a garden, but i don't use them as mulch   
   as they can get blown around a bit more than i want.   
   they work fine when buried with weeds and other garden   
   debris.  i never find them again unless there's been   
   some sort of accidental plastic shredded into them.   
   i've been a lot better on that account though the past   
   several years.  *whew*  saves a lot of time to not have   
   to pick bits of plastic out of a garden.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)