Birthday Bins

Last week saw a birthday here and the occasion of the (almost) completion of the dream structure.

Work had started way back in the new year

Securing posts

Getting everything square and level

Bit by bit

Our inspiration:

Charles Dowding of No Dig fame and a compost wizard as you can read here

These are his compost bins and we have always dreamed of emulating them

Now that dream was coming true

We couldn’t wait to start using them even before they were finished

Then the roof started going on

A big overhang at the back will provide tool storage

Not quite finished but convincing enough to celebrate a birthday

Finishing touches will include water collection and, of course, adding the name plate: “The Dowdings”

We have the blessing of the man hiself:

A birthday is always an upside down kind of day – such as starting with a special radish breakfast

and this birthday is always marked by a walk up the hill, looking down on where we normally are

and getting closer to things we normally see in the distance – this ancient holly stands out from far away

but getting close shows its girth and age

We discovered some things we can’t see from our patch

and brought back some treasure