Overhauling Our Backyard -- Step 1: Going Green!
This summer we are undertaking a large overhaul of our backyard to make it more usable and more inviting... this is our first step towards that goal. We installed an underground composter for our kitchen scraps so we would add less old food to the city dump and every few years when we need to empty it it will give us very rich compost that we can use on our flowers and grass. We also created a special area for Tazzy to do her business so she isn't going all over the yard... we've made it pleasant to look at, easy to clean up after her, and installed another type of underground composter that works something like a septic tank... we just scoop and dump her stuff in the hole and let nature do it's job. The dog composter is still an experiment for us but it's reported to be working very well up in Canada as well as in Alaska where it gets much colder than here so I suspect it will work well for us.
Check out the pix here!
posted by Brandon @ 4:35 PM
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4 Comments:
Wow, this looks VERY nice; I really like the flowers and grasses around "Tazzy's Corner" ----very nice job; hope she knows how lucky she is! ~mom
Now, is this a Utah backyard or a California one? The flatness bears a striking resemblence to Arizona or Nevada.
Actually this is a Utah yard. Many Utah yards are flat like this especially the ones that aren't on the benches of mountains. It should also be noted that our yard is pretty small and pre-fabricated in a condominium environment... larger yards are more likely to be less flat than ours.
Well Brandon, I am awestruck at your amazing landscaping abilities. I have a Web site now!
www.wam.umd.edu/~dminsky/homepage.html
And I love you, but it's purely platonic...
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