Rebecca Jo Miller's Page

I had such fun this spring as I jumped into high gear preparing garden spots and going to sleep each night with a great plan to bounce me out of bed each morning. Project after project. List after list. idea after idea. fun after fun. Work, Work, Work, sweat, smile, stare, ponder, meander...I LOVED this spring. I found myself weeding in the rain, painting in the intermittent sun, mowing after dark, wondering when I ate last!!! Such fun. I saved my patio as my last project. When I finished it, I… Continue

The screen hasn't worked at all...it wasn't strong enough to allow me to move it anywhere else, so I had to shovel everything off...on a very humid day...not fun....except that I had constructed a 2 bin compost container from the pallets and I was excited to get all the crap in there,,,so I was motivated....building was easy, finding pallets was easy..I even found covered wire in the garage where you can hardly find the car...oh yeah..cause it's not in there...no room...maybe when the kids quit… Continue

Okay, so now I think the screen will be a topper. I am going to make a 3 stall bin out of pallets and put this as a cover on the first 2 and leave the 3rd one open. I may even start tomorrow, my open bin is ugly and close to fencing..not good I think Continue

I don't like the screen on the bottom of the compost pile. I don't know why I did that except maybe I wasn't sure I wanted the pile to stay there and with the screen all i have to do is pick it up and move it..(maybe i'll use the screen to dry herbs later ) .after working around the barn today moving old tin, bricks, etc..(use to have rabbits there)...that may be a better spot for compost...no..that would be great for my transplants maybe..hm....well..i guess i'll have to get a bit more into thi… Continue

i for some reason dug up my corner plot of kitchen dump, grass clippings, some leaves and dirt...it was the softest stuff ever...made it a nice rectangular area and laid the 6 foot patio sliding screen door that my mother cursed at and i carried home from wv to ky in the back of my car...maybe i was burying it and not concerned with compost at all, but...i laid it down and covered it with my wonderful pile of crap.........even dumped more kitchen scraps in the mix...is this a bad idea???? a not… Continue