Or Manure rather. In case you didn’t know, I’m a certified Master Composter. And while I haven’t done too much of it lately, that’s more because I didn’t have a consistent supply of nitrogen-rich material. (Got plenty o’ leaves though…) I was on Craigslist, (one of my favorite sites,) and saw that this person had horse manure to give away.
Well, you can’t beat that price with a stick, now can you?
So I made my way over there and filled up the truck. (Rather overfilled.)
When I left I noticed that my truck wasn’t handling all that well. I was like, “Man, I must have overfilled it and it’s riding low.” So, I kept it in first/second gear and it was long slow trip. (about 1/2 hr to go about 10 miles.) But I made it home without incident and offloaded the offal. 🙂
The best part was, I didn’t even really put a dent in their pile. See for yourself:
Nitrogen-rich environment
Well, this means Dad’s going to be able to do a little experimenting with the compost pile for awhile… or if nothing else, be able to get rid of some of these dang leaves!
Some of you are probably thinking, “Ewww! Stinky!”
Believe it or not, vegetarian animals, their manure doesn’t smell as bad as omnivores, or straight carnivores. I mean, it doesn’t smell like roses, (but roses do love the manure,) but it’s better than dog/cat scat.
Anywho, if I can muster up the energy to make the multiple trips it’s going to take to get the whole pile, I should be sitting pretty for this year’s garden… Hmmm, that reminds me, I need to buy an almanac.
Well, talk to you all later.
-D
Bet you thought that I was going to talk about baby poop, didn’t you?
-D