It's the peak of summer. Watermelon, sweetcorn, iced tea, lemonade, peaches...
Midwesterners actually like living here this time of the year. We've so much to brag about.
To further the excitement, today was the day I emptied (mostly)my new composter and used it around my garden plants for that mid-season boost. It looked only ok. Not too impressive. In fact, a bit of a disappointment. However, if my plants suddenly take off again, I'll take that all back.
The label of my composter recommended making "compost tea." Always being intrigued by sun tea, my interest was piqued. Turns out, they are quite different. The label says to add "a little compost" to a gallon or two of water. Vague, isn't it? Perhaps it is like sun tea and it depends on how strong you like your compost tea. I went with about a cup of compost to two gallons of water. It came out pretty dark. Cool. The only hang up was some egg shells and roots got stuck in the spigot. Being the garden warrior that I am, I quickly adjust by yanking the roots out the spout. Problem solved.
