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Nov. 24th, 2007 07:56 amI harvested my oldest compost pile. Got about 6 wheelbarrow full out of it. Nice stuff.
Most of it went into the new bed I'm digging (I'm planting a cover crop of rye for the winter - this coming summer it will be planted in sweet potatoes, but it will belong to the main vegetable garden and will be rotated along with the other rows/beds).
Most of it went into the new bed I'm digging (I'm planting a cover crop of rye for the winter - this coming summer it will be planted in sweet potatoes, but it will belong to the main vegetable garden and will be rotated along with the other rows/beds).
This is what happens when you let melon peels/seeds, random vegetable trimmings, uneaten oatmeal, and other organic items sit in a pile and rot. Nothing is better than home rotted compost :-)
On a less dirty note - I had a perio appt. this morning.
(I have a very aggressive form of periodonal disease - been battling it for over 10 years now).
Doc says I'm doing really good. The Periostat is helping - will probably have to take it the rest of my life though.
This year I'll only have one surgery for one small root area that needs to be planed smooth - what a relief.
I listened to an interview on NPR with Senator Chris Dodd on his book Letters From Nuremberg. Wow, what an interesting guy - I was very impressed with his political opinions and ideas. I never gave him a second thought before - but now I'll be paying attention. I also hope our library gets that book.
On a less dirty note - I had a perio appt. this morning.
(I have a very aggressive form of periodonal disease - been battling it for over 10 years now).
Doc says I'm doing really good. The Periostat is helping - will probably have to take it the rest of my life though.
This year I'll only have one surgery for one small root area that needs to be planed smooth - what a relief.
I listened to an interview on NPR with Senator Chris Dodd on his book Letters From Nuremberg. Wow, what an interesting guy - I was very impressed with his political opinions and ideas. I never gave him a second thought before - but now I'll be paying attention. I also hope our library gets that book.
New Compost Enclosure
May. 22nd, 2007 12:55 pmToday I got started on my compost enclosure. I'm doing it in Cinder Blocks. Previously I've had two big piles of rotting stuff. One pile complete and rotting - the other a pile-in-progress. It's called the cold method; it takes longer to get finished compost this way, and weed seeds probably don't get destroyed with this method - but it's the most convenient for me. I get good compost in 4-6 months per pile which works out perfect for me. The only reason I'm building the enclosure is for aesthetics. I have one bin two blocks high right now. I'll need it 4 blocks high, so I'll need 18 more blocks to finish the first bin. The second bin will take an additional 18 more blocks. Man, that's a lot of cinder blocks.
Didn't get much else done today. I did make another stepping stone, and I finished watching the interviews on the What the Bleep Rabbit Hole DVD's.
American Idol was good. Jordin will win. She deserves it over Blake, but he is still great - hope he does well in the future.
Didn't get much else done today. I did make another stepping stone, and I finished watching the interviews on the What the Bleep Rabbit Hole DVD's.
American Idol was good. Jordin will win. She deserves it over Blake, but he is still great - hope he does well in the future.
