With the addition of Tao the horse to our farm we are going to have a lot of this... um, resource. A LOT. I could just toss it to the side or find a way to discard it, but instead I'd like to put it to work. Perhaps someday I'll become overwhelmed and will have to find another way, but for now I'll be adding this to the orchard garden to help build soil life.
Tao with ONE OF MANY loads of manure.
Resources wheeled up to the orchard garden.
Wasted veggies collected for the chickens.
Load delivered to garden!
...and DUMPED.
Manure spread out evenly on garden.
Leaves (a gift from a friend) taken into garden.
Oops! One bag was shredded paper.
Leaves spread out over garden.
ONE HAPPY HELPER!
This garden will enjoy all the nutrients and resources in the manure and leaves. It will sit for about 3 months before the next planting. This time should give the soil life plenty of time to move up and start converting those layers into beautiful compost.