Self-Sufficiency

I was a bit surprised the other day to discover that our new local council does not offer a household waste collection. Instead residents have to make their own arrangements with private contractors. The council will, however, collect all recyclable waste which is probably a very positive sign.

Anyway, the upshot of this is that we will need to reduce our waste to the smallest amount possible to keep our expenses down and to save the world. Luckily Skene made a start on our compost heap this weekend. Gales had brought down some of the tired branches from our tree fern which made a good base layer for the heap to help with drainage.



Ultimately though, we hope to set up a bokashi composting system or worm farm alongside the heap so that we can compost all food waste and not just raw vegetable matter. Watch this space...