It's absolutely amazing how compost can make a garden look so wonderful. I love the stuff and can't get enough. It is also amazing how much material you can throw onto your compost pile and how small it becomes as it breaks down into soil.
My garden has grown and grown and it will get bigger. The problem is my compost pile can't accommodate my garden at the size it is now. Spring mulching has depleted it entirely and I only covered about a quater of the garden. The garden loves the stuff, it eats it up like a well prepared feast and the worms that travel the soil love it too. I NEED MORE!
What to do, what to do? I have been eyeing the leaf piles in other peoples yards that were left out for the city to collect. Hmmmmmm, that's good stuff and it's worth it's wait in gold as far as I'm concerned. Me, a leaf scavenger?
I'll take what I can get and hunt for more. You want somewhere to dump your yard waste? I'll take it! I'll take your kitchen scraps too, provided they are veggie scraps. I'll take it all! Bring it on over and I'll gladly trade it for fresh veggies or herbs.
As for all my neighbors who leave their yard waste on the street to be collected . . . Don't be surprised if you see me carrying it off. : )
