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baymule
Garden Master
Thank you @seedcorn. I have worked hard on my sand beach......now where is that ocean? LOL
Last night's supper all came from our land. Chicken breast and broccoli stir fry, Kentucky Wonder beans, sliced Cherokee Purple tomato and spiced pickled beets. It was delicious.
Today we are back at work on cleaning out the sheep barn. I practice deep litter, the round bale is parked in the barn, so there is lots of waste hay. The top layer is always dry, guineas and chickens scratch through it, keeping it turned. The bottom layers are hard packed, but still no smell. In the past, we have pried it up in chunks and spread it on the garden, some in the pastures. But the big chunks are hard to spread. So we borrowed neighbor Robert's tiller and are tilling the hard pack in place, then raking it up, shoveling it into the mule and spreading it on pastures to help the soil and struggling grass. Yesterday we took out 6 loads and spread on a pasture. We have already dug gown to dirt in two small pens that yielded enough rich black crumble to spread on 2 pastures. (my pastures are small) We took 6 loads out of the main barn and have barely scratched the surface. Today will mark Day 8 of The Great Barn Clean Out. We have a neighbor kid helping us, he's 12 and a huge help. He spied a boat trailer on the first day and struck a deal to work it off. He wants to build a tiny house on it. His dad said he's been talking about a tiny house for 2 years, this kid is excited about his boat trailer. He takes it home today! We are taking a week off on the sheep barn, we are getting our 3 grand daughters tomorrow! Time to enjoy them, the sheep barn will still be there next week.
Last night's supper all came from our land. Chicken breast and broccoli stir fry, Kentucky Wonder beans, sliced Cherokee Purple tomato and spiced pickled beets. It was delicious.
Today we are back at work on cleaning out the sheep barn. I practice deep litter, the round bale is parked in the barn, so there is lots of waste hay. The top layer is always dry, guineas and chickens scratch through it, keeping it turned. The bottom layers are hard packed, but still no smell. In the past, we have pried it up in chunks and spread it on the garden, some in the pastures. But the big chunks are hard to spread. So we borrowed neighbor Robert's tiller and are tilling the hard pack in place, then raking it up, shoveling it into the mule and spreading it on pastures to help the soil and struggling grass. Yesterday we took out 6 loads and spread on a pasture. We have already dug gown to dirt in two small pens that yielded enough rich black crumble to spread on 2 pastures. (my pastures are small) We took 6 loads out of the main barn and have barely scratched the surface. Today will mark Day 8 of The Great Barn Clean Out. We have a neighbor kid helping us, he's 12 and a huge help. He spied a boat trailer on the first day and struck a deal to work it off. He wants to build a tiny house on it. His dad said he's been talking about a tiny house for 2 years, this kid is excited about his boat trailer. He takes it home today! We are taking a week off on the sheep barn, we are getting our 3 grand daughters tomorrow! Time to enjoy them, the sheep barn will still be there next week.
