Kind024
In Bloom
Man...its been a while. Hope everyone at PH is having a good trip!
I'm in transitional phase right now. The plants are relaxing under the sun behind a friends place. They stay in the old chicken shelter in the case some vermin get any ideas.
They got some plant food today. Should hold them over for a bit. Fresh castings. This is the plant food/worm bin. It's loaded with all sorts of little soil critters. The worms seem to enjoy the comfrey and fresh aloe the most. Along with any fresh fruit scraps left from the kitchen. A little field grass in the mix too. I say field grass instead of lawn grass. Most lawn grasses aren't indigenous and are usually depleted of nutrients from the clippings being removed all the time. And of course many lawns a subject to chemical fertilizers. No thank you...
I mix the castings with rice hulls at roughly 1:1. This helps keep the castings from clumping and forming that crusty layer at the surface. Plus rice hulls are rich in lignin carbon and silica.
It also helps to keep the soil covered with some sort of green mulch. Fresh field grasses are full of (N) and sugars. Gives the microbes something to eat.
Till next time keep it lit and hold it up.
Be well,
I'm in transitional phase right now. The plants are relaxing under the sun behind a friends place. They stay in the old chicken shelter in the case some vermin get any ideas.
They got some plant food today. Should hold them over for a bit. Fresh castings. This is the plant food/worm bin. It's loaded with all sorts of little soil critters. The worms seem to enjoy the comfrey and fresh aloe the most. Along with any fresh fruit scraps left from the kitchen. A little field grass in the mix too. I say field grass instead of lawn grass. Most lawn grasses aren't indigenous and are usually depleted of nutrients from the clippings being removed all the time. And of course many lawns a subject to chemical fertilizers. No thank you...
I mix the castings with rice hulls at roughly 1:1. This helps keep the castings from clumping and forming that crusty layer at the surface. Plus rice hulls are rich in lignin carbon and silica.
It also helps to keep the soil covered with some sort of green mulch. Fresh field grasses are full of (N) and sugars. Gives the microbes something to eat.
Till next time keep it lit and hold it up.
Be well,