Compost and potatoes!

Last weekend I got up early and called Dad ... it's compost time!!

We went to Try Recycling (awesome place!!) and bought 2 yards of compost for $40!  Not bad!  2 yards was 2 big scoops from the front loader and filled the entire back of the pickup... so much lovely, lovely compost.  As the fellow was scooping the compost into the truck, it was steaming and hot.  Excellent!  The compost is a deep dark brown/black and had pockets of ash in it... I assume because it was catching fire a little bit due to heat?

It took about 1 1/2 hours for Dad and I to unload the compost into the garden.  Wheel barrows really are a wonderful invention.  The weather was absolutely lovely and we could not have asked for a better day.  There was enough compost to give a good 6 inch layer all over the garden.

go potatoes!

The potatoes were starting to pop up, so I piled the compost around them.  Some lettuce was also coming up, but I just chucked the compost on top of it.  It should grow through the compost, and if it doesn't, oh well.  I have LOTS of lettuce seeds.  I also gave the rhubarb some nice compost to feed it.

Woo hoo!!1  Go compost!   Things should really get growing now!

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