today was a rainy day so not many things were done. inside we tidied and finished some projects (hanging mirror and shelf in our bedroom). one thing I did do outside was start to combat the fruit flies in our compost…I had chucked a watermelon in there and they started to swarm. some things I learned help fight against / prevent fruit flies in compost:
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keep a top cover of straw/newspaper/dry leaves (they do not like that) and put food scraps (what they like) under that layer
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add more carbon (I added straw)
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place a fruit fly trap nearby (I need to do this! I can put a t-post in the ground and hang a fly catcher from it)
things I hope to get done tomorrow:
- start sourdough
- chip drop order
- cement block order
- continue painting barrels and MAYBE install 2