When I was growing up we had a dustbin like this, not very big and it was never full when it was emptied every week. Now we have three bins :
©Erewash Borough Council
Which are large but the rubbish bin which is black is only emptied twice a month. Then we have a brown bin which is for all our garden rubbish and then a blue bin which is for recycling. Our local council has now introduced a new bin, a small green one with a lockable lid, for food waste!
We also have a small grey bin which sits in the kitcehn to collect the waste. Now Miss Coco thinks this grey bin is her own personal snack bin (!) and keeps trying to get into it although fortunately it is lockable too! At the moment when I am in it sits next to the kitchen bin on the floor but I think we are going to have to pick it up when we are out, just in case she decides to try and open it! Airedales are clever little so-and-so’s and I am sure given a few hours she would have worked out how to get in it!!!!!
April 1st!
Have you had any tricks played on you this morning? I have seen a few on Instagram including one from the farm where our milk comes from! They put out a post saying that they have run out of grazing for their cows, so each home that gets a delivery will have a cow dropped off for them to graze on the grass and then be picked up again for milking! Very good and I am sure there will be a lot of people who would like a cow at home! The children are all off school for the Easter holidays so I am sure they would love to look after the cows!
I have been working all day today although I was supposed to be doing home jobs(!) and tomorrow I am at Eldest;s so home jobs will now get done on Good Friday! In the morning it is due to rain and hopefully clear up by the afternoon so I can get it done then and get into the garden in the afternoon! Monday is supposed to be nice so that is the second day for the garden!
This is my little grow house when I had just stained it in 2019. Well it needs doing again and this time I want to paint it a pale colour! I need to clean it out and wash the interior shelves and the glass and then set some seeds for summer. I also need to wash all the pots that my summer bedding plants go in and get the veg bed ready too and clean and tidy the shed which also needs a coat of paint!
I hope you are having a lovely Wednesday, half way through the week and with a long holiday weekend coming up.
Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx
Coco is quite the clever girl!!! I’m sure she would help herself to treats if you left the bin out!! Why does your council want your food waste? My yard waste and food waste go into my compost pile to make new, wonderful dirt for planting!! I’d love a cow too! They would be lovely at keeping the grass at a respectable height and also leave behind fertilizer for you as well!! Do you know what breed of cows your local dairy has? I want a Jersey as they don’t give as much milk but a much high cream content in their milk. I’d like to make my own butter and cheese. There is always a list of jobs to be done, but you keep your home and garden looking so lovely, welcoming and warm. You would call it “homely”, I would call it “homey”. Funny how our common language can create shock, especially coming from the UK towards the US (no one wants to be homely…”a face only a mother could love” or “pudding face” comes to mind). I remember the metal bins – from my childhood as well. I miss them. My current bin is about half the size of a regular bin…they come around every week, and I can fill it once every three-four weeks. Recycling is the larger size, and it is picked up every other week…it’s rarely full either! xo FQ
That’s a lot of bins! Duke would be guarding the one with food waste too! Your little grow home is a wonderful idea! Happy Thursday, Susie!