Today is Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries.
With so many of us staying home, and helping to protect against the spread of coronavirus, many Earth Day celebrations are not happening in 2020. But, we have just a couple of simple things you can do in your own backyard in order to support our committment to our environment, and keep our one Earth beautiful for future generations.
What you see in the photo above is a simple box, approximately 3x3. There are a lot of different options for storing and breaking down your compost, but that is what we use.
To compost, you layer food scraps and organic material with brown material such as dry leaves. We save a couple of bags of leaves each fall to use throughout the year, for example. No, you shouldn't put meat, bones or fat products in there (it will draw animals and won't break down as fast). Otherwise, any veggies, fruits and egg shells can be dumped in there. So can old flowers, dry grass or weeds.
You can easily create a bee-friendly space by being careful about what chemicals you're using and planting flowers with pollen and nectar. Also, you can use a bird bath in your garden to create a space for bees. They do drink water. Putting a small pile of rocks in there allows for a spot bees can get a little drink and be better pollinators. You should be excited to see a bunch of bumblebees flocking around your raspberry bushes.