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Daily notes and timed freewrites but mostly my blog
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At my Sister's Wedding
March 11, 2025 at 9:05pm
March 11, 2025 at 9:05pm
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3/11/25
I just saved my first $250 in the garden this year. I used my first compost pile, the one I started building last April, to build the base for the fifth garden bed I will be planting this year. (+1 from last year) Basically, I just transferred a little over 25 cu foot of compost to form the base of a 14 foot by 3-1/2-foot bed to a depth of 6".

I have 1 more, the #2 pile, I can use at about the same volume to amend the other four beds to 3-6 inches. So, 50+ cubic feet of aged compost (about $500+ retail value) I don't have to buy this year. (Last year I purchased over 100 cu feet of soil amendments in total. These soil purchases are the foundation of last year's garden and give me a better head start this year overall.
The third pile is still cooking, having just started it last September, and tomorrow I will turn it over to accelerate the aerobic process. It should be complete and ready to use on or before next August if it cooks at the same rate as its predecessors. Just in time for the fall planting schedule to kick in.

The best bonus I observed when spreading the compost are all the worms that are thriving in the mixture. You don't get worms with store bought soil, compost, or any other amendments. In fact, you don't get any living diversity in store bought. It is all pasteurized to prevent the spread of disease and invasive species contaminations. The worms are an excellent sign that my home grown 'dirt' is extraordinarily alive and by simple deduction, better than store bought. Of course, I had little doubt that I was on the right track to improving my chances of a better gardening experience this year over last year, but it is very satisfying to see evidence of such an 'arrogant' assumption.

Yup, I'm excited.
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