Several years ago we focused on being provident for a year. This year, I'm making drastic lifestyle changes and learning so much. This blog just seemed like the perfect place to come back to and record some of these experiences.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Prepping the Garden


It's time to prep the garden. We were talking about fertilizer this year and I didn't want to use a store-bought, man-made fertilizer. I wanted something natural. You know what that means... manure. We don't have any livestock but we do know someone who lives nearby that owns a lot of alpacas. I asked her and she not only invited us to come help ourselves to her compost pile, she even showed Bryan how to use the loader on her tractor to load his truck with it! Isn't that nice? Alpaca manure is wonderful for the garden because it's already in dry pellets so it's not as messy as some manure. Plus, it works better than Miracle-Gro. Once it has been composted, the heat in the compost pile helps kill grass seed or other weed seeds that may be in it.
You may be asking yourself, "Is she saying she's excited about free poop?" Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying.

2 comments :

amy7252 said...

Well really, the idea of PAYING for poop is just too much. You should be excited about getting it for free! :)

Unknown said...

Free poop is awesome! I don't have access to poop, but I've been diligently composting my table scraps since last summer. I'm hoping it will help!