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							| Thursday, April 13, 2017 |   | pumpkinJesus | The bottom of New Jersey |  
     
						
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							| Spent time last weekend finally spreading out the piles of horse manure sitting in the patch since December, then harvested some compost (pictured here) to spread over the top.  I make my compost the easy, slow way - make a pile and let it sit for two years.  I don't worry if there are still some undecomposed pieces in it, as long as the batch is about 80% finished.  The rest will be food for all the soil microbes, worms, etc. which will keep nutrient cycling going all season for a constant fresh supply going to the plants |  |  |