Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Sonoran Desert

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We made our monthly trip to the Phoenix metro area today to shop in Surprise, Peoria and Glendale, AZ. We had to get some supplies for the yard and garden at Lowe’s and to shop for some hard-to-find-in-Wickenburg food and kitchen items at Smart and Final. I snapped this photo of The Sonoran Desert with craggy mountains in the background as we drove through Morristown on our way home. You can see the BNSF rails that parallel US 60 between Phoenix and Morristown in the foreground. Click on the image to enlarge.

17 Jan 2012 by Arizona Photography

This Evening’s Desert Sunset

As viewed from the courtyard in front of our beautiful little desert house. The weather was mostly cloudy today, but the clouds were clearing when I snapped this photo. We’re expecting sunny skies tomorrow. Click on the image to enlarge.

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12 Jan 2012 by Arizona Environment Photography

Rejuvenating the Compost Heap

compost.jpgCompost red wiggler worms slow down their consumption of organic scraps in the wintertime, but we humans keep producing the scraps. So, to reinforce the worm workload, we ordered a thousand more red wigglers from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm.

Image – the compost bin after introducing the new worms. Click on the image to enlarge.

The worms arrived in the mail today, so to get things started, I gave them a “drink.” The worms are packed in dry peat and come in a bag (see insert in photo). The next step was to dig down below the organic scraps in the compost bin to the layer of worm castings below. I added some moist garden soil and put the ball of worms on top of the soil. The instructions that come with the worms say to cover them with a wet newspaper. The worms will absorb the moisture and begin to crawl into the soil and thence start consuming scraps within 48 hours.

11 Jan 2012 by Critters Environment Home & Garden Retirement

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