Exploding Bins

So, it's been a little bit windy on this small isle we call home. And quite noticeably so here at chez dtb.

So much so in fact that our compost bin has exploded.

It would appear that the wheeled bins - emptied today so both lighter than usual and not hiding in their slightly less windy corner as usual - carreared across the yard and took out the compost bin along the way. This seems to have been a concertated effort by the wheeled brethern as well; the first wheeled bin knocking over the compost bin and the second landing on it and breaking it up into it's four sides.

Only two of which I can see at the present.

This making it somewhat difficult to re-construst, and, I suspect, meaning we'll have to invest in a new bin.

There is also the vegetable matter, in varying states of decomposition, that now forms a largeish, if somewhat strewn, pile on the front lawn - where previously contained - to deal with; as it seems merely ramming the compost bin on top of it is no longer an option.

Maybe when we get a new bin we can get one with a screw lid so you don't have to use a large piece of masonry to hold the lid on (under normal wind conditions - I don't think that a large house would have helped keep the lid on today). I suspect we'll just get a cheap one from the neighbouring borough as they do a reduced price scheme thing and our council don't.

So that just leaves the rotting veg and convincing someone to commit minor fraud in order to provide us with a bin. Hurrah.