So much for that idea…

Posted by Mandy on April 4th, 2008 filed in Housey

I had been planning to write at least a post a day, with more content than what Jack’s diapers are looking like these days.  Yesterday … yeah, that didn’t work so well.

In between being pinched by Mr. Pinchy and thwarting his efforts to eat cat vomit, I started looking into composters and raised garden beds.  And cheesemaking.  But mostly it was gardening stuff, even though we still have a foot of snow on the ground and it still gets below freezing at night.  In particular, I was looking at this lovely contraption, which also has slots for a cold frame.  Obviously living in the northeast, that cold frame seems like a mighty fine idea.

As for composters, the choices are legion.  Build ourselves?  Do I want to be a red worm wrangler?  How about the plug-in composter?

Does anyone have recommendations or suggestions as to what works for them?  Keep in mind we also have a chipmunk problem… as in dozens of chipmunks, everywhere.  We will have to chipmunk- and mole-proof our raised beds with wire mesh underneath, so nothing can get through the bottom and munch on the carrots.  Gah!