
It is Friday, and Fridays are for fun. In the last week, I have made a couple of trips to the Ramsey County yard waste site near my home. I am actually ahead of schedule on my yard work this year. Hazah!
I bring my yard waste and hope to leave (pardon the pun) with “free” compost. So far, no luck. The compost pile is full of 70-somethings, and I can not get near it. They sit on the compost and in it, too. I suspect that some of them sleep there. They sort the stuff and strain it, too, methodically and thoughtfully.
I decided not to take pictures; you will have to check for yourself if you don’t believe me.
The food waste I compost in my backyard will have to be enough. At least I won’t have to compete for it, or sit in it or on it.
If, for any reason, you want to attract people in their 70s and older, you can probably do it with a pile of compost and a “free compost” sign.