I once had a 50-count rose garden when I owned a home. Now I keep a very tiny garden in front of the A/C units between our townhouse rental patio fencing between units, mainly for tomato sauce portions I freeze for winter. I turn those leaves you mention into my garden, but a lot of them are from oak trees that don't compost well or which get blown away by the landscapers, so I play with supplements and soil augmentations too. Next year, biochar? Don't know where the oak leaves come from. Most trees in our apt complex are 30-year-old Plane trees (sycamores) and ornamental crabapples. I supplement some feral domestic ducks' diet with healthy cracked corn; they live in our storm drain retainer pond. Today I was finding out about electric aggregation programs; it's going to be on our Nov ballot so our community can perhaps one day get involved in offering a better alternative electricity rate to everyone in our suburban city...but, I like the personal freedom to make my own choice of a 100% sustainable electricity provider from the PUCO-approved list on their site. It's a little more expensive but worth it to quit supporting fossil-fuel users. My car is old and awaiting repair. I'd like to be an early adapter for an electric vehicle, but beyond my budget, LOL! Sometimes I too wonder if one person can make a difference against plastic pollution, toxic chemicals in our foods, water, and climate changes that likely can't happen soon enough...Do you play Free the Ocean's little free daily quiz to help remove plastic bottles from the ocean and learn about sea life? I order local farm foods and visit their farm stores. Market Wagon is a good service...OK - gotta log off and get to bed....Nice talking to you!
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