And he did the same with the air conditioner and the barbecue, wrapping them in their final covering of a tarp and well-knotted ropes to ensure that winter wind, sleet, snow and ice do not penetrate. Best of all, he concluded the emptying of the well-composted container that resulted from weekly offerings of kitchen and garden waste. The composter was emptied of all its contents, well-aged and rich with minerals as bountiful organic waste, to be sprinkled liberally on all of the garden beds, back and front of the house.
And a strange thing happened. At the very bottom of that composter he discovered the presence of a knife and a fork. We had been puzzled at the absence of those two pieces of cutlery out of a set that we normally use at dinnertime. They have twisted handles, are an excellent grade of stainless steel, and we couldn't imagine what had happened to them. Of course we did speculate, that they had inadvertently ended up in the household waste that is picked up weekly.
Whereas, in reality they had somehow ended up in the kitchen compost pail that gets emptied twice weekly into one of the two outdoor composters located behind our large garden shed. One of which is kept in active use while the other is set aside to work its magic transforming waste into valuable compost. We were glad to be reunited with these two pieces of serviceable and valued table implements.
A good scrub was all they required. Even before that happened they presented as bright and shiny; one might never have imagined they had been missing for a year or more, placidly lying below a weight of decomposing organic waste, waiting until that time when they would be rescued and put back to practical use.
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