What a load of crap!

My lovely wife came home from running errands yesterday morning and told me she had a present for me in the trunk.  When I went to claim my prize, I found out it was a 30 lb bag of cow manure!  If ever there were a symbol of love :).  A few short hours later (and after a run to Target to get a 20 gallon Rubbermaid tote), I have a compost box set up!  I put about half the manure in the tote, and added a gallon ice-cream container's worth of food scraps from the kitchen.  I haven't added worms yet, I want to wait a few weeks and see how it does without them.  From what I've read, this setup may be a bit small, and thus may not produce the heat needed to properly compost.  But, its the best I can do at the moment, considering I don't have the space for anything bigger, or the yard waste to build it up.

In other news, most every plant is springing forth quite nicely.  My experimental garlic clove has produced a nice, green stem above ground, and is growing quite fast.  No sign of growth from the pepper yet, but I'll give it time to see what happens.  I pulled out some onions that had died (I still have more than enough left), and replaced them with some carrot seeds, which I have in abundance.

I checked the forecast for the next month, and only saw two or three days that are supposed to drop down below freezing!  I'm playing it safe for now, and keeping everything (except the compost) inside on the window-sills.  But if our beautiful weather continues, I may move things out on the deck within a month or so!

Ahh, the joy of manure under my finger nails :)

The second-story gardener