God and Manure

God and manure have a lot in common. Some folks want nothing to do with it...yuck! Others will use it judiciuously, picking and choosing when and where and how to apply it to produce the results they want. And then some of us embrace it heartily, can't live without it and spread it around all over the place trusting it will be useful where ever it lands.

Well, we have gotten the big box down in back filled to the top and covered. That manure will sit until February or March when we'll spread it in the parts of the garden where we'll be growing all the produce which might touch it...beets, lettuce, etc. The taller crops can have fresher stuff without the risk of contamination. Then we will refill the bin for another application later in the year to recharge the soil after a couple cycles of plants have enjoyed it.

The principle is, of course, that you have to put in if you are going to take out. Just like relationships!

And here is a picture of our source of all manure! The pile is about 20 feet high with the extractor on top. We go as often as we can and they give us all we want free! Our 450 friends there who produce 50# / day each are still chugging along and making us all the happier for it!