LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2022

Thank you all, slowly getting better not in bad pain but everything is very stiff, got some good scab's formin and ankle is slowly going down and 14 good bruise to get rid of

 

The dust men are not collecting garden waste today, because it rained yesterday.
I wouldn't mind but I pay £42 to have it collected and they stop doing it for any reason they can think of.
Plus miss 2 collections over Christmas.

 

Our final garden refuse pick up is Monday then that's it until March.

 

I was working that out just now with my weetabix, I reckon I've got enough to get me to the new year.

 

Weetabix, one of the all time best examples of marketing lies.

'you can tell he's had his Weetabix'.

Really? How? Because his bowels are regular because of the fibre? Because there's pretty much nothing else in them in nutritional terms.

I'm not knocking Weetabix or consumers of Weetabix by the way. If you like it, great. But I don't know how they get away with the way they're marketed.

 

I only have one now, I used to have two and share with the dog.
I always had first go before anyone asks.

 

They dont seem to sell it here, I dont know what they do with it.
They only get palm fronds with spines, that wont rot, or similar, or nasty weeds full of seeds from me.
Brambles are another thing I like to just get rid off.
Grass cuttings and hedge trimmings all go for my own compost, the council just get the rubbish.

 

I wrote to the powers that be for my area to suggest that they set up a decent shredding and composting facility that could sell the result back to residents. Never even had the courtesy of a reply They prefer to flog stupid tiny compost bins to people which proves that most politicians know nothing and care even less about gardening, especially on a big scale. Some neighbouring departements run very successful schemes. It's good stuff for mulching/soil improver, lessens the need for bonfires, reduces landfill....it's hard to see why they won't implement something here

 

Found this on my local council website.

1. Your garden waste is taken to a local facility for composting.
2. It is piled in large rows called 'windrows' to allow naturally occurring bacteria to break down the garden waste.
3. The windrows are turned regularly. This ensures that the heat produced by the bacteria is spread evenly through the pile, killing any weed seeds that might be present.
4. The end material is then sieved to produce soil improver, which is bagged for sale. You can buy this from Caledonia Horticulture.
5. Commercial users of this compost are local sport and leisure services.

 

But using the dogs bowl, I ask you