Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Gutter Forest

Do you know what happens when you procrastinate and don't get around to cleaning the leaves out of your rain gutter?





They turn into compost.





Do you know what happens when the wind blows those little helicopter things off your maple tree?





They fall into the compost inside your gutter.





Do you know what happens when it rains more than twice the average amount for the month and the month isn't over yet?





You get a whole bunch of tiny maple trees growing out of your rain gutter!











Sometimes procrastination turns into something beautiful.

2 comments:

  1. Mandy, you may not want to grow maple trees in your rain gutters, but you can save all that composted material in your gutters each time you clean your gutters the easy way with the Gutter Clutter Buster that vacuums all material into your shop vac's canister. When the canister gets full dump it all into your compost pile or place around your trees and plants for extra layer of mulch. I purchased my Gutter Clutter Buster from their exclusive on-line web site. Check it out and see what I mean. Happy Mapling!"""

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  2. You need more gutters- http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/gardening/gutter-garden-growing-your-food-in-a-small-spacejuneau-empire-083350

    ~maren

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