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Douglas Campbell wrote:Then I slowly make a digusting layer cake of poop, woodash and worms, with daily shoveling.
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Tereza Okava wrote:ah i don't miss this part of living in snow country....
what kind of surface is it? hoping for something hard (concrete) that you can shovel and then hose? (ideally, sprinkle some sawdust over and then shovel....) gravel? (ugh)
I choose...to be the best me I can be, to be the strongest me I can be, to learn the most I can. I don't know what comes next. But I'm gonna go into it balls to the walls, flames in my hair, and full speed ahead.
Douglas Campbell wrote:I get 250 l plastic barrels, with snap ring lids, and drill holes in the bottom.
I put them in a shady place where nutrient leachate will be helpful or at least not disruptive.
I put a mess of chopped brush in the bottom.
Then I slowly make a digusting layer cake of poop, woodash and worms, with daily shoveling.
Ice builds up in winter, wading through snowbanks builds character![]()
Once full I use window screen and the snap ring to cover.
Wait 0.5-1 y and I have a mass of odourless worm casings for shrubs etc,
along with seething masses of worms.
The barrels can be rolled to destination.
Passing through worms greatly lowers pathogens.
This all requires some room to work.
I choose...to be the best me I can be, to be the strongest me I can be, to learn the most I can. I don't know what comes next. But I'm gonna go into it balls to the walls, flames in my hair, and full speed ahead.
Anne Miller wrote:I would use a garden spade or shovel. Place content in approved bag.
I choose...to be the best me I can be, to be the strongest me I can be, to learn the most I can. I don't know what comes next. But I'm gonna go into it balls to the walls, flames in my hair, and full speed ahead.
Timothy Norton wrote:I wish I had a better way, but impervious gloves and a shovel have been my go-to. It's gross, it's messy, but it generally is a one and done event.
Ideally, there would be a warm stint so the ground/manure can dry up a little bit.
I choose...to be the best me I can be, to be the strongest me I can be, to learn the most I can. I don't know what comes next. But I'm gonna go into it balls to the walls, flames in my hair, and full speed ahead.
Christopher Weeks wrote:
Douglas Campbell wrote:Then I slowly make a digusting layer cake of poop, woodash and worms, with daily shoveling.
I don't know if "digusting" is a typo or intentional, but I love it -- a portmanteau of digesting and disgusting!
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
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Tereza Okava wrote:oh nooooo! and hiding under the covers until, say, May isn't an option huh.
Hopefully you can dig up an old face mask and a container of vapor-rub and occupy yourself thinking about anything that's not pasty, squishy, squicky or even worse. Think about ducklings, maybe. I Love Lucy. All the kinds of mushrooms you know. Maybe all together.
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Anne Miller wrote:If there is a lot of mud then find an out of the way spot to make a new compost pile for flowers.
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Susan Mené wrote:
Anne Miller wrote:If there is a lot of mud then find an out of the way spot to make a new compost pile for flowers.
Do you mean mixing the mud and poop?
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