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.
