Where to Toss the Weeds?
This week, we’re honoring our love of gardening by taking a hard look at our rusty, underperforming hand tools, and seeing if there might be a better way to approach our routine gardening tasks. Gardeners really vary on how we like to deal with the trimmings and weeds we create when doing the rounds in our gardens. I’ve seen everything from people leaving the twigs and weeds to compost where they fall (be careful with that technique!), to gardeners with giant apron pockets which hold surprising amounts of weeds, to people leaving neat piles of weeds and trimmings, which they collect at the end of the day with a wheelbarrow. But I’m a professional. You aren’t going to catch any self-respecting pro piling weeds into her pockets or leaving bits about! So I’ve compiled a few of my favorite options for keeping things neat while gardening. My ideal garden waste receptacle is tough, multi-purpose, low enough to toss things into while kneeling, and easy to lift and carry.
