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Makin’ #compost. This is a combination of straw/manure mix cleaned out of the barn mixed with chopped leaves from autumn. The result after 1 year is incredible, light fluffy texture and rich humus smell. Perfect for amending beds and adding organic matter and nitrogen to your soil.

Pic 1, nearly finished compost after 1 year, turned once

Pic 2 new pile just made up will be ready by this time next spring.

We produce all of the compost we need on 5 acres here. It’s our only soil amendment and sole source of fertility added to our vegetable plots. We go through around 20-30 yds in a typical growing season.

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smallworlnd 1y ago

Very nice. Leaves collected from your 5 acres, or also supplemented with neighbour's leaves?

Filou 1y ago

We use whatever we have around, leaves, animal bedding, vegetable scraps, and garden waste materials. Also add in wood chips and seaweed. We produce plenty of waste products right here on the farm that get recycled into compost, it’s hard to keep up with it all.