Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 8.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:12 am
Now we are getting more consistent daytime temperatures, I shall start ( thinking) about sowing squash, beans, corn etc. My dad always sowed beans on St George’s Day. Since his time our climate has changed and the growing season is rather skewed; starts that bit later, and finishes later these days.
Talking to to neighbours, we were discussing changes locally to rubbish collection. We have brown garden waste bins, which we have to pay for, and it has gone up. My two neighbours both have two bins each, one of which they both fill with grass cuttings. I suggested that if they bagged it and left it on my path, they could do away with a bin each and save some money. I have no grass, but I can use it in one of my five composting bins. Win win!
The council are also reducing the size of the general waste bins as they get replaced. Therefore we recycle more. That’s the theory. I commented that composting vegetable waste is reckoned to save up to 20% bin space. However, those neighbours are not really gardeners- they just have huge expanses of lawn, so don’t compost. One of them has a family who are all vegetarian, and he told me that they get loads of veg waste. So, I have supplied him with two lidded 3 gallon buckets ( I get loads from work) so he can fill one, leave it on my path, I clean it and return. I use literally stones of compost in my no- dig garden, and I am making my own seed compost again.
Staying on the theme of recycling ; There is a chap in our village who builds all kinds of things from pallet wood. On the off chance I stopped by yesterday and asked him if he gets much in the way of off cuts. He nearly bit my hand off! He generates loads and cannot get rid. Four car loads later, he told me there will be more today. He is going to leave two dustbins on the front, and I will collect when passing, which is everyday. My multi fuel burners won’t go hungry.
All fuel prices are rising fast, and this will do both of us a favour.
It proves that there are resources out there for the asking and a bit of organisation. My prepping thoughts these days are not about zombies and asteroid strikes, nor bugging out to the woods. It’s all about the coming societal change that is happening as government pushes towards different transportation/ fuel/ energy policies as a result of global climate change. I truly believe we are going to be forced towards a more local lifestyle as a result.
Talking to to neighbours, we were discussing changes locally to rubbish collection. We have brown garden waste bins, which we have to pay for, and it has gone up. My two neighbours both have two bins each, one of which they both fill with grass cuttings. I suggested that if they bagged it and left it on my path, they could do away with a bin each and save some money. I have no grass, but I can use it in one of my five composting bins. Win win!
The council are also reducing the size of the general waste bins as they get replaced. Therefore we recycle more. That’s the theory. I commented that composting vegetable waste is reckoned to save up to 20% bin space. However, those neighbours are not really gardeners- they just have huge expanses of lawn, so don’t compost. One of them has a family who are all vegetarian, and he told me that they get loads of veg waste. So, I have supplied him with two lidded 3 gallon buckets ( I get loads from work) so he can fill one, leave it on my path, I clean it and return. I use literally stones of compost in my no- dig garden, and I am making my own seed compost again.
Staying on the theme of recycling ; There is a chap in our village who builds all kinds of things from pallet wood. On the off chance I stopped by yesterday and asked him if he gets much in the way of off cuts. He nearly bit my hand off! He generates loads and cannot get rid. Four car loads later, he told me there will be more today. He is going to leave two dustbins on the front, and I will collect when passing, which is everyday. My multi fuel burners won’t go hungry.
All fuel prices are rising fast, and this will do both of us a favour. It proves that there are resources out there for the asking and a bit of organisation. My prepping thoughts these days are not about zombies and asteroid strikes, nor bugging out to the woods. It’s all about the coming societal change that is happening as government pushes towards different transportation/ fuel/ energy policies as a result of global climate change. I truly believe we are going to be forced towards a more local lifestyle as a result.
patio chairs and table are properly clean, garden hose has been dug out of the rubble and available to be used.