Friday, March 28, 2008It all began with 4 square yards of potentially-dodgy "compost," delivered to the driveway as a free gift from the City of Vancouver.
Along the pathway toward the back of the property, about six very promising plots of earth were just sitting there, eager to be enriched.
The site of what will become Gravely Gardens this summer is south-facing; the existing soil is shallow but extremely worm-infested, which I take to be a pretty good sign. With our new compost now sitting in the yard, our next step will be to amend the garden soil, whatever the hell that means.
Paula says we have to screen the soil now, and mix in some cow dung.
Chris
1 comment:
well - it really was 6 cubic meters (7.83 yards). being so spatially challenged - you can imagine my surprise when i turned the corner to see a dump truck ready to unload the compost. literally a dump truck.
that's a lot of compost!
my foot is buggered (who knew a renegade flying cup could cause such damage...) - thanks to the shovelers who swooped into the rescue - dave, chris, brian & myles.
7 man hours of shoveling - and there is still a bit more to move.
that's a lot of compost!
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