I am a composting genius!

OK so I know everyone has their "moment" every now and then.... blonde moment, senior moment, whatever. This weekend I had a moment. I figured out after 7 months of composting why I was getting composting tea all over my bin when I would turn it. Apparently what I thought were black drains going into the composting reservoir below the spinning bin were actually plugs. All of the composting tea I've made so far has just been puddling up and running off. None of it was going into the reservoir bin. I had been wondering why this was happening, but figured I hadn't composted for long enough to get tea in the reservoir. So….now I have removed the 2 outer plugs so that the tea may drain into the bin. Hopefully I will have some great liquid food for my plants very soon......just had to pass this along so someone else might not make the same mistake. :)

As for the compost in the garden, I swear it made our plants grow better than they would have normally. All of our tomatoes, squash, melons, etc. all look great! The tomatoes are ready for harvest and taste and smell wonderful. Jon keeps eating them every chance he gets. I keep eating all the cherry tomatoes before they even make it inside. Have a wonderful day and happy gardening.