My compost pile is taller than I am

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. My dad always had several compost piles going.

When he decided one was done, he would smooth out the area, and plant a fruit tree right in the middle of the old pile.

People would drive by and take pictures of his trees, branches so heavy with fruit that he had to prop them up with 2 by 4’s. Apples, peaches, pears. Sometimes he would plant melons, or blackberries, or strawberries on the old piles. Mmm.

We ate some good food.