<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Dear Fellow Gardeners,</div>
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<div>Two years ago our community garden had to reluctantly give up our compost bins. The problem had come to a head when we faced an untenable situation. Gardeners were tossing in coarse branches and vines instead of cutting them up. Outsiders from the neighborhood were tossing in extraneous items such as clothing, backpacks, and just plain trash. This left us individual gardeners with having to tote away our own weedings, a valuable biomatter for composting.</div>
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<div>Are there other gardens out there that have managed to successfully keep up compost bins where gardeners are disciplined and where inappropriate material from the outsiders is avoided?</div>
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<div>Nancy Kaufmann</div>
<div>Senn Unity Garden</div>
<div>Edgewater, Chicago</div></div></body></html>