compost

finally shifted the compost....
trying to keep 3 sections:

new
last year's
2yrs ago

new is closest to the house + 2 yrs ago closest to the road, with last year in between. the idea is to rotate the compost so that we always have some older compost to work with in the garden in the spring. just need to cover up with mulch to get thru the winter.

as i was digging and pulling up big flat rocks, i was wondering who decided to put the compost here in this spot below a tree at the side of the house farthest from the garden. john told me later that it was the site of the original outhouse for the house - half way between the barn and the house -- then it was a chicken coop, then a shed. now that i've already pulled out the rocks, wonder if i should have left them there as a deterrent for moles + their cousins....