This week we have been clearing a small patch for planting our winter greens garden.  We have found that the soil here has a lot of red clay in it.  I am gonna try to grow some greens this winter, but it is going to need some dressing up to continue to grow.

We will be ready for the spring planting season as we will be planting more during that time of year. When we plant our garden it is for our household, our other grown children and our aviary. We try to make a few trips to the local flea market to make a few extra bucks to assist in purchasing supplies for ourselves and the farm.

For now, we have decided to create a compost bin, well actually several, to help with the spring gardening. In order to speed things a little bit, we have to do some planning.

One thing is the five of us will not have that much kitchen waste over the spring for a 2 acre garden. How are we gonna to be ready for the spring? A way we have decided that works for us is to explore the local produce markets to collect their waste.  We load up the back of our full-size GMC Pick-up truck with large plastic totes.  Then we are off to collect whatever we can find for our compost bins.

We never use any animal waste in our compost as we do not want to chance the spreading of disease from this.

My husband and I have been collecting wooden pallets from various places.  Here are the plans for our compost bins.

Wood and wire three-bin turning unit