Monday, March 22, 2004

cold again

Yesterday, snow fell all day, not in some accumulating fashion, but more like smoke ashes falling off and on throughout the day.

This morning temps were at 20 degrees (F), but the sun is out and the sky is clear.

The weather chatters are talking mid-60s by Saturday.

One of my neighbors cleaned out the winter mulch from his beds and we chatted briefly, continuing an ongoing conversation about composted chicken manure.

It looks like he will be ordering some to work in and rejuvenate his perennial beds. The result is excellent and he will be ordering from a good local compost merchant.

I keep looking for sources of chicken manure for my compost heap. It is the hottest (or one of the hottest) of the manures. Put on fresh and raw, it will burn through and kill the plant, but aged and broken down, it potentially improves plant growth dramatically.

I used it for a client a couple of years ago, working in three yards in two long borders. Fantastic results.

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