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Composting....
Posted by The Kinley's , Saturday, February 6, 2010 10:09 PM
With the weather being in the 40's for the last month, I have not even really thought much about skiing but about this garden. So today we began our new compost piles using straw bales for the walls to make the entire project more eco-friendly. This double sided "bin" requires 20 bales of straw. We finished building just over one half today with help from two students at St Michael's Academy.
The chickens are enjoying access to being outside as we slowly expand their space as well. We have a completely sheltered run from the barn to the garden because the fencing is short enough for them to escape. Once inside the garden fence, which stands 7 feet tall, we will be keeping an eye out to make sure we don't lose any to the local red-tailed hawks.
Emily would be posting but is lost in the seed catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I will say that catalog is amazing and worth a long perusal. I mean, with over 1300 heirloom seed varieties --from 70 countries, it is simply astounding.
The below pictures are a sample of today's activities.
Our chickens saying hello and a BIG THANK YOU to Mr John Netzel and all those who have helped to get the chickens going this year!
The work... (out)
Oliver can't stopping talking about compost and that was BEFORE today!
RAE RAE says YEA YEA the work is done for the DAY DAY.
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