Mike and Mrs. Hope (Chris), with the help of Mrs. Primm and the 5th grade class, FINALLY were able to get the manure and leaves into our gardens yesterday. Chris and I cleaned out the beds of old plant material and the 5th graders harvested the remaining beets, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and fennel seeds (as well as one last scraggly ear of popcorn).
We then topped the beds with well composted horse manure and about 6"+/- of shredded leaves. We marveled at the amount of worm life in the beds and in the composted manure. We are curious to see how this combination of materials affects our pH and nitrogen levels.
We still have cool weather crops flourishing in our gardens and our onion and garlic sets are going crazy. We are planning on planting our spring bulbs next week along Cardenas Ave and planting our crimson clover and hairy vetch once the leaves get a good soaking (of snow?) this week-end.
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