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That's a happy looking kid!
A new journey into homesteading "pic heavy"
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How many # did that dress out to?
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143 field dressed
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That's a lot of good eating.
frustratedearthmother
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Yay - meat in the freezer is a good thing!
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Good news on the garden front. I pulled back the mulch today, dug a couple inches and found 12 worms in an 8 inch square space.
Thats quite a bit better than where we started. The first year i dont believe we ever seen a worm. So maybe all this mulching is starting to add up to fertility!
Thats quite a bit better than where we started. The first year i dont believe we ever seen a worm. So maybe all this mulching is starting to add up to fertility!
baymule
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Only another gardener would be excited about worms and congratulate you! 
YAY for WORMS!!!
YAY for WORMS!!!
frustratedearthmother
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Rabbit poo compost - AND worms! That's great. Don't make me go out and get a couple of bunnies, lol. But, many, many years ago I had rabbit poo and it was really good stuff.
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I think its a very good sign. Microbial life has came in.
The problem is the soil is compacted under the mulch. Noot a huge deal, but i should have planted rye in the fall. Ive been doing alot of research lately. Winter rye roots can go as deep as 24 feet.
Thats ALOT OF BIOMASS under the surface and livin roots will feed all the little critters that make plants grow.
So my plans in the future are to try and keep live roots in the ground at all times, keep mulching and not tilling, and start making and applying aerated compost tea. From what ive seen and read its all those little bugs and fungi that make fertility and compost tea, although not a fertilizer, adds lot of fertility because its full of those microorganisms
The problem is the soil is compacted under the mulch. Noot a huge deal, but i should have planted rye in the fall. Ive been doing alot of research lately. Winter rye roots can go as deep as 24 feet.
Thats ALOT OF BIOMASS under the surface and livin roots will feed all the little critters that make plants grow.
So my plans in the future are to try and keep live roots in the ground at all times, keep mulching and not tilling, and start making and applying aerated compost tea. From what ive seen and read its all those little bugs and fungi that make fertility and compost tea, although not a fertilizer, adds lot of fertility because its full of those microorganisms
