The back of my yard, where the mulberries grow, was sort of dark and unappeasing. So I put a compost pile there. It seemed to fit in with the general mood of bleah. But the pile became unwieldy and the back went beyond bleah to yuck. The boys got me a compost bin. At about the same time, my neighbor from across the street gave me a bunch of hostas. Hostas like shade so I put them back there. I also cleaned up the compost/weed/bramble pile and and put the compost bin in a corner. ... read more
