Gardening and Garbage

We are a wasteful society. I have always been aware of this, but even more so after reading my recent bookclub book "Affluenza". I have wanted to start composting since we moved in, but since the Rats of Nimh live under our yard, I've been discouraged from starting. I have always been a star recycler and am very good about re-using when possible, but we still generate a full garbage can weekly.

We usually remember to put it outside the night before garbage day, but occasionally Wink has been known to run down the street after the garbagemen before 6am. When we do forget, it is usually the worst timing. Like....after having a party of 50 people over to your house.

Wink pulled out one of our yard debris bins to be used as a secondary garbage bin for the week. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a problem, but I took the entire afternoon today to do yard work (read: whack, hack, cut every bush, tree and overgrown shrub in the front yard). 4 and a 1/2 hours of yardwork left me literally shaking in exhaustion. It also left me with a LOT of yard debris. Way more than our one remaining can could hold. So, now I have an overflowing can. The rest of my wreckage got thrown right back into the yard. I didn't know what else to do with it. I'm not sure it looks any better now than it did this morning. ;)