MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

Again, I'm
so sorry, but know she had an amazing life with you

Thanks Grammy.

 

[BY Bob]

So sorry for your loss. Hopefully the new chick finds its way to your heart too.

Thank you. She has helped quite a bit.

 

[BY Bob]

Couldn't help but think of all my Aussie friends when I saw this.

 

[MaryJanet]

There was only one egg left for today's breakfast because in a fit of culinary exuberance, I'd eaten three yesterday

So I had it pan fried on Vegemite toast.

 

[BDutch]

There was only one egg left for today's breakfast because in a fit of culinary exuberance, I'd eaten three yesterday

So I had it pan fried on Vegemite toast.

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Do you prefer Vegemite over Marmite?

 

[ManueB]

I have always composted animal by-products whether that is left overs from human or cat food, or dead critters that one finds around and about.
Bones take for forever to break down so my compost always has bones in it.

We have 3 of this type of bin too, with slightly different classification: landfill (blue), recycling (yellow), composting (green). All food waste goes into the composting bin, meat scraps, veg scraps, bread scraps, etc, and it's taken away fortnightly by the big compost collection truck. Recycling means glass, paper, cardboard, tins, plastics, etc and is also collected fortnightly, alternating with the compost collection. The landfill bin gets anything else (not much at all) but it's emptied every week.

It maybe a language issue ? We make a difference between organic waste (which the local authorities are required to collect) and a compost.
A compost is meant to be used in the garden and it needs some oxygen to activate. It can't be done in a secure plastic bin like other waste, which is why most people, and local authorities when they provide a public compost, don't throw animal by products to detract rodents.
Our collective public composts usually look more or less like this.

 

[ManueB]

Here is Phyllis on the mantle. The first I have not buried.

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I think it's very faithful to her personality.

 

[BY Bob]

I think it's very faithful to her personality.

Thanks. It's what Mrs BY Bob wanted and it felt right to me.

 

[MaryJanet]

It maybe a language issue ? We make a difference between organic waste (which the local authorities are required to collect) and a compost.
A compost is meant to be used in the garden and it needs some oxygen to activate. It can't be done in a secure plastic bin like other waste, which is why most people, and local authorities when they provide a public compost, don't throw animal by products to detract rodents.
Our collective public composts usually look more or less like this.
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I have never seen anything like that, but it's a great idea.

I have a vague idea that once the green waste is taken away in the truck, it is added to an enormous compost pile. Pick up is managed by the council and outsourced to a truck company and I guess likewise compost making would be outsourced to a soil and compost company.

 

[MaryJanet]

Do you prefer Vegemite over Marmite?

Every day of the week!