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A bit of a compost update. I emptied the compost today, it looks like it hasn't been cooking all that well in the colder weather. But that was actually a positive thing, because I used all the raw compost as material for our pumpkin patch. I built a 5 foot circle out of fencing, lined it with straw, and filled it with a foot of branches on the bottom for aeration, a lot of various fecal matter on top, raw compost and spent straw layered in 2-3 inch layers for a bit over a foot, and a foot of rested compost on top.
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In this thing we plan on growing pumpkins and zucchinis next summer. I may or may not also be in the process of acquiring an old trampoline to use as a base for building our very own greenhouse.
In this thing we plan on growing pumpkins and zucchinis next summer. I may or may not also be in the process of acquiring an old trampoline to use as a base for building our very own greenhouse.