kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Over the last few years there was a section of the yard that I let go wild. I had my hands full with health and other issues and it just wasn't worth fighting nature. And nature was providing some very needed privacy screening for my backyard.
But it's time to move the orchard to a better location and the wild was that location. The orchard trees and shrubs will provide future privacy screening. So a few weeks ago a friend and I started clearing out the wild. This has resulted in a massive pile of debris that I have been cutting down to size and adding to this year's compost bin. (I have 3. Each year I empty one and it becomes the bin for that year.) Anyways, the bin is getting kind of full so I decided to use a hack of an English fence technique to help contain things. I'm about halfway done. There are three more baby trees coming down this weekend. Those will probably fill in most of the bottom gap.
And yes, I'm still dumping compost in from the top. The pile shrinks about 4" every two weeks. At some point it will compress to a point where it will take longer to shrink, but we're not there yet. The bin in the picture is 4'x4'. There is a whole lot of stuff crammed in there at the moment. And about 1/3 again as much to still go in over the next few weeks.
And that's the big bins. When that one is full for the year, I've got three smaller plastic bins that are going in next to the spots for the new elderberry plantings. I'll cram those for the year and take them out next spring.
And I'm debating taking the much thicker portions from the trees, if there is enough, and using that to frame two new 6' x 6' garden beds. Or re-frame some of the garden beds where the lumber is failing. Definitely be more affordable than buying lumber right now.
But it's time to move the orchard to a better location and the wild was that location. The orchard trees and shrubs will provide future privacy screening. So a few weeks ago a friend and I started clearing out the wild. This has resulted in a massive pile of debris that I have been cutting down to size and adding to this year's compost bin. (I have 3. Each year I empty one and it becomes the bin for that year.) Anyways, the bin is getting kind of full so I decided to use a hack of an English fence technique to help contain things. I'm about halfway done. There are three more baby trees coming down this weekend. Those will probably fill in most of the bottom gap.
And yes, I'm still dumping compost in from the top. The pile shrinks about 4" every two weeks. At some point it will compress to a point where it will take longer to shrink, but we're not there yet. The bin in the picture is 4'x4'. There is a whole lot of stuff crammed in there at the moment. And about 1/3 again as much to still go in over the next few weeks.
And that's the big bins. When that one is full for the year, I've got three smaller plastic bins that are going in next to the spots for the new elderberry plantings. I'll cram those for the year and take them out next spring.
And I'm debating taking the much thicker portions from the trees, if there is enough, and using that to frame two new 6' x 6' garden beds. Or re-frame some of the garden beds where the lumber is failing. Definitely be more affordable than buying lumber right now.