Have you ever discovered something by accident?

I did some weeding several months back. Instead of throwing the plants into one of my messy compost piles, I put them into a black garbage bag, because these were plants I consider a big nuisance and wanted to get them out of the garden. Well, I remember that it started raining and I abandoned the bag while I went for cover. The bag stayed in the same place, in sun and rain for a few weeks, until I told myself that I really should have thrown it out sooner. By this time, though, some of my not so favourite weeds had started growing out of the bag, and on looking inside, I found some pretty nice compost! Can you believe it took those weeds just a few weeks to break down all by themselves, with no help from me, into gardening black gold?

Nice, crumbly black compost made from just leaving the plant matter in the black garbage bag for a few weeks!

Talk about an “Eureka!” moment…

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