Starting seeds in Februray and getting a whif of the aroma of wet dirt makes any gardener crave warmer weather to get out in the real thing. The real thing became official yesterday with:
- 9 wheelbarrow loads of dried up dead stuff. I don't clean up in the fall because if you let the dried dead stuff on the plants, it gives beneficial insects a place to burrow and winterover.
- 10 wheelbarrow loads of mushroom soil as mulch to ward off fresh-sprouting spring weeds.
- 2 wheelbarrow loads of horse manure to prep the compost pile.
- Dug up and prepped the onion patch. I do have a rototiller, but sometimes good old fashioned hand digging is so much more worth it. It takes gas to run the rototiller too.
There will be a small compost pile dead-center in the vegetable garden. It seemed easier to put it where it will end up. Much more detail and pics coming the next couple weeks/months. The above is the tip of the spring/summer/fall iceberg.
2 comments:
I started my tomato, pepper and cabbage seeds a week and a half ago. None of the pepper or cherry tomatoes sprouted yet. I'll give them a few more days before I become too concerned. Mushroom soil... maybe I should try that. Does it smell as bad as driving through mushroom country? Because I absolutely despise that smell. I have to gag and hold my breath all the way through Kennet Square and Avalon. Ugh.
Nice on the seeds! No...the stench isn't quite as bad, but there still is a "composty" odor to it. I use it everywhere. I get a tractor trailer load delivered every two years (yup, that's an 18-wheeler full of mushroom soil). I think the nurseries there in Hbg have it too and you can get some delivered.
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