What did you do in the garden today?

[jnicholes]

@MissChick@dee, I did not use chicken poo. I never thought to use it.

Now that you mention it, I forgot to put that in the experiment. One of the Aztecs ingredients was animal poo.

Oops.

@Searsmom, very similar composition to my Terra Preta. Mine consists of potting soil, ground animal bones, ground oyster shells and sea shells, organic matter (I chose sycamore leaves, it was most abundant,) and small charcoal chunks. Not wood ash, small charcoal chunks. The charcoal chunks absorb the nutrients in a compost tea before being added to soil. After being added to soil, whenever you water, it lets out a little bit of those nutrients, thus fertilizing the plants.

Jared

 

[Searsmom]

Well, there's chunks of blackened wood...wood charcoal(?) in the ash, does that count?

Overcooked bones mean two things to me. One, the barn cats that rummage, won't choke on mushy chicken bones, you can literally mash them. Two, it replaces adding bone meal when I plant. The cooked egg shells are from boiled eggs nowadays. I, um, used to actually cook all eggshells to make them compost ready after I found the raw eggshells don't readily compost. I don't do that anymore.

 

[jnicholes]

@Searsmom, I'll have to try that with the egg shells. It might be a good addition to my soil mixture.

As for what I'm doing in the garden, right now, I'm making my garden plan for May. I already know what I'm going to do for the soil, obviously. I'm just trying to figure out what vegetables I want to plant. I can't stew Cole crops mainly because my budget won't permit right now, and it is tax season. I'm waiting until May, to do a summer crop Garden when I have the funds to do it.

I'm planning on doing peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, corn, and beans.

Jared

 

[Searsmom]

Sounds yummy! And you've got perfect soil!

 

[MissChick@dee]

Well, there's chunks of blackened wood...wood charcoal(?) in the ash, does that count?

Overcooked bones mean two things to me. One, the barn cats that rummage, won't choke on mushy chicken bones, you can literally mash them. Two, it replaces adding bone meal when I plant. The cooked egg shells are from boiled eggs nowadays. I, um, used to actually cook all eggshells to make them compost ready after I found the raw eggshells don't readily compost. I don't do that anymore.

I’ve always been afraid to use any animal parts in my compost. I mean I’m afraid it’d attract predators...the skunks were attracted to my grapes big time last year trapped 10 of them. A good compost shouldn’t smell but especially this time of year all the wild critters are just plain hungry and will eat justa bout’ anything.
I too learned the hard way about egg shells. I tried putting clean dry shells into my rotating composter oh...it was not good. Large clumpy balls that I ended up smashing/crumbling by hand so...now I run the shells through my food processor. I sprinkle directly into my beds or add to my tumbler.
A must for my tomatoes.

 

[jerryse]

Signs of Spring .

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

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[jnicholes]

@RenoHuskerDu, that's a joke, right? I have a hard time telling jokes from stuff that is real.

 

[MissChick@dee]

@RenoHuskerDu, that's a joke, right? I have a hard time telling jokes from stuff that is real.

....i’ma Pretty sure he was joking....But then again Iffin you’re throwing around cash. Im very receptive!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Jared all jokes trying to be funny we spread miracle grow all over worked in now watering