5 minute freewrite prompt *flat but not deflated*

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This is my post for #freewriters 2510 prompt flat but not deflated hosted by @mariannewest

The area where our compost pot is located is no longer in the sun. The Banana trees have grown tall enough that they are keeping them in the shade. So, I have been spending the last two days, in between rain storms, to move it into full sun.

I saw a post on another site about setting up your compost, it took me two hours of going back in time to find it, so I saved it to my page. This way I could look at it while setting up the pots.

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The post said to start by putting cardboard in the bottom and then putting sticks or logs next. I was thinking. LOGS, that sounds a little much, and I am glad now that I did not have any logs.

Next, I was to put kitchen stuff or green plants, this is where I stopped and went in the house to get my glasses. I read it right, now it wanted me to put compost on it and then cover the last 30% with organic soil. Isn't compost what I am supposed to be making?

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I copied this from https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162501214857868&set=gm.1263832418306163&idorvanity=520291265993619

Let me tell you something, glasses are important when you are trying to look up how to set something up, I thought the bins in the picture were composting bins, they are raised beds and this is how you fill them cheaply. I feel flat but not deflated because this is the time of year we start our gardens and I can put some soil on top of the one I filled and have one pot ready to plant without using a bunch of soil.
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I actually use some of that method in my raised beds! It's a great way to quickly get rid of logs and branches that otherwise would take forever to compost, and I have nowhere to let them do that in this small yard. My daughter showed it to me a couple years ago.

Something tells me you were also rushing, it wasn't just that you needed to see better. But funny! thanks for the chuckles!

It was on a composting site and I thought they were showing composting bins, and by the time I found it, I was quite aggravated and did not read the article.

So, you make compost in a bucket 🪣 or bin?

We just dig a hole in our backyard and throw everything there. Eventually we get awesome compost 😉

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If I dug a hole I would hit water, I live in Florida and have low land so I use huge flower pots for my compost. I would like to get some pallets and build a compost bin out of them, putting the compost right on the ground. I would leave one side open so it would be easy to get to everything.

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I don't have a yard but this is truly informative. I've been thinking of making compost in my own little way too. Thank you for sharing this information. I'm taking down notes. Happy new month ahead!


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What I was showing was for a raised garden bed, I thought it was for composting until I put my glasses on and read the article