Last August, I got up the courage to approach the guy who takes care of our neighbour's lawn and ask if he'd be willing to add us to his client list. He agreed! Andrew is Polish, and has very clear ideas about how garden maintenance should be done. When plants have finished blooming, they must be cut down so that they don't impede mowing, trimming, or leaf removal. Grass clippings must go in their own compost bin, where, Andrew assures me, after a winter of rain they will transform into beautiful mulch.
This meant I needed to clear out one of the two compost bins, shifting all the partially-decomposed kitchen waste into the other bin. And, lo and behold, when I did this, I discovered more beautiful potatoes.
So we got a nice tidy lawn and yummy boiled potatoes with salt and butter.
3 comments:
How does Harriet like her potatoes? Boiled, mashed, baked, rolling around on the kitchen floor like little round mice?
Any way she can get them, even if that involves climbing on the woodstove to get on the bookshelf, hauling her bulk past the potted plant (oh dear I did like that pot),and putting two careful paws right into the sink so she can lick out the pan.
From Mum:
"The potatoes are adorable.
It will be interesting to see what just lawn clippings composting will produce. My experience has been just a gunky mess - also the current advice is to leave the mowings on the lawn as organic matter for the soil. This will be a scientific experiment."
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