I love the idea of composting! Of taking items we might normally throw in the garbage and using them to make nutrient rich material to enrich the soil in our yard and garden. When we bought our home last year we bought a compost tumbler for the back yard. I had visions of a garden and flower beds that would yield oodles of vegetables and flowers, respectively.  Although our property shares a lake, there is a wooded area directly behind the water. Since we are in subdivision with a homeowner’s association, I felt it best to purchase a contained system despite the fact that the only ones who would ever see it would be our immediate neighbors. (Who are GREAT, btw!)

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