The Modern Victory Garden

We have had a string of dry days recently, which has allowed the leaves that have fallen on the front lawn to finally dry out enough (after our heavy rains the prior week) such that it was possible to rake them up.   On Sunday my husband and I bundled up and together tackled getting them raked up.   We let our flock of hens loose on the front yard to graze and forage for bugs while we were there to keep an eye on them.   They love joining the human members of their flock for an expedition to the front yard.   I think they were finding lots of worms underneath the leaves we were working to rake up but soon they moved over to the small ornamental bed in front of the house.   I am sure they were finding lots of nice things in and among the fallen leaves and plant foliage that has died back for the season.                                        

They seem to like hanging out with my garden fairy that has a permanent residence in that bed – perched on an old stump.                         

The end result of a nice afternoon spent outside in the crisp fall weather was a tidy lawn, some happy chickens, and two very full compost bins.                        

The first bin is the almost finished pile, the second bin was completely empty and is now filled with leaves, and the third bin was about half full of debris that was just barely starting to rot.   I topped off the last bin, and the remaining bit of leaves was added as additional mulch on the artichoke bed.     

One more fall chore I can mark off my “to do” list as “Ta Done!”                   

Laura

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