So year by year, goat turd by goat turd, rotted weed by rotted weed, we have been amending the - ahem - earth. The bulk of it comes from the backside of various livestock here on the farm and yesterday Mrs. Melman (and her asshat of a sidekick, Nugget) finally got to help out:
Paul took the tractor up to the mule barn and scraped up their "potty area". There were three piles of wasted hay & poop and he scooped up the oldest ones and dumped them into the back of the truck. I was ecstatic. Every time he dumped another tractor bucket into the bed I got chills up my spine. I can see the above pile outside my bedroom window and I've been standing there with my elbows on the windowsill and sighing a deep, long sigh.
It started raining before I could get any of that black gold into the garden, but that's ok. I still have to decide what lucky plants or areas will get this blessing from the back end of a mule.
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| Ms. Melman says feed me more and I'll gladly provide you with pre-compost material. |
Black gold!
ReplyDeleteYou may have started a brown movement so to speak. The heck with green, brown makes the world go round.
ReplyDeleteHey I just watched a video of Back to Eden with Paul Gautschi.He talked about how most people TILL their gardens well he don't.He puts compost,mulch any organic material down in LAYERS. Well why Im mentioning this is I didn't know I did it but I done my luffas that way and WOW they are growing very rapidly. Just a thought here.
ReplyDeleteThe "Back to Eden" promoters never had to deal with Bindweed, Morning Glory or Johnson Grass infestations. Once you get some of those into a permanent wood chip mulch bed you are dead in the water unless you remove all the mulch before attacking the problem.
Deleteahhh good tip will have to remember that thanks!
DeleteEven with an endless supply of llama beans, I still get thrilled with my every-two-year load of cow manure. Those of us with rocks for dirt appreciate the little things in life...
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, I now understand that if you get this excited about poop you must be really easy to buy Christmas gifts for! :-)
ReplyDeleteComposted poo is the best! I get giddy when I empty a pile into the garden :))))
ReplyDeleteOh boy! Cute mule too! More photos please....
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Funny how we can get excited about poo, ha ha!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
ReplyDeletethe 2nd best gold to have :-)