Blog therapy is definitely the way forward. I can't believe how much better I felt after writing yesterday. T'was a miracle! I also think that sunshine helps too and, of course, some large doses of sleep.

This week is Composting Awareness week and to mark the occasion, the compost bin I'd ordered a couple of months ago finally turned up this morning. It was a bit of a disappointment actually as it's just this huge bit of cylindrical black plastic, but then it does the job so I don't know what I expected.

It's pretty much illegal for people with CF to compost because of the bugs that can live there but I'm slightly obsessed with it. I'm sure (hope) if you compost properly it's OK and, of course, I will use the correct mixes of organic waste (you need both nitrogen and carbon-rich materials to make happy compost) to create non-evil-bugged compost in my new bin... And contrary to popular opinion properly composting material doesn't smell bad.

Here are my top two tips on why you should compost.
1. Organic material forms about one third of our weekly rubbish. Without composting most of this goes to landfill where is stagnates and produces methane which is very BAD for the environment.
2. As well as reducing waste, compost increase the fertility of the soil so it's easier to grow yummy vegetables and pretty flowers. Yay!