Potato Harvest #1

And a bit o garlic, too.

Yarrow

Makes great little red and yellow flowers and, most importantly, survives the winter.

Reed Franklin's Black Eyed Susans

These flowers from my cousin's place are still doing fine despite serious bunny attacks - guess they're pretty tasty. Had to build an anti-bunny fence.

Pepper Harvest

Been letting the peppers go long in the sun so they get red- supposedly better nutrition. Definitely better flavor. 

Good Earth

The contents of one Soilmachine after 6 months. Looks pretty decent. Added about 50% browns. In this case mostly dirt since I ran out of shredded leaves. Adding dirt is necessary since it has microbes , but usually I like a greater emphasis on leaves. The compost has been going much better since I upped the % of browns to 50%. Another benefit- bins get fuller quicker and more compost gets made. Still takes us about 6 months to fill it up. Mike McGrath says the % of browns should be even higher. I can see that, I suppose, but my shredded leaf supply is finite, so until we move to The Planet of Leaves I'm sticking with 50%. 

Both Barrels

If you are serious about composting, you will need two barrels- so I thought this set up, spotted in the neighborhood , was a pretty good idea. Wish I knew the make of these. Why two? One for adding current scraps and one for finishing or waiting. If you keep adding to a pile, it will never be ready . Needs time to sit a while.

Now that is a cucumber