kerryh's Blog

so it's set back and watch things grow time. This is my favorite time, It still amases me after all these years a little seed can  become a hugh tree. The white ash tree I planted from seed is over ten feet tall now.

I am trying some thing new this spring. I planted alfalfa in my new rasberry bed.

 I planted the type of rasberry you mow down in the fall, so I figured I could mow both and put them in the compost pile.Alfala is a wonderful fertilizer and cover crop.

I have a  awesome cousin who  is completly organic,recyles everything. Paul is truly a Granola. He lives on a lava rock near Pahoo Hawaii.  Raises organic goats.   Anyway I was talking to him one day about getting a few bunnys , my compost pile was not heating up. He said  "Why go to all the trouble of bunnys when I could just go buy the feed, and put it in the compost pile or better yet, just toss the pellete in my beds. I have been doing this for 3 years now. I did not  have to use a any jump starter such as Miracle Grow this spring.  My plants are a couple of inches taller than my neighbors this spring. And the soil in my beds  is wonderful.

I was checking out another garden site and came across a site where the members were talking about useing rabbit feed as a fertilzer,  It really does work. And whats really cool about it. A fifty pound sack cost me ten dollars and lasted me 2 seasons so far. I am going to buy a bunch this fall and toss it on my lawn. It sure won't hurt and maybe it will jumpstart the grass be fore the weeds.

I apply it pretty thick in the fall and lightly in the spring. It breaks down fast and the worms love it. It smells good too. Anytime I  can use somthing other than a chemical ...Awesome. Now if I could find an ant killer, that I could put on the lawn and in the  beds that  would 'nt kill everything else.  Any ideas?

 I would think maybe useing rabbit feed  like I do would not be a good idea if you lived in the country and had wild critters around. You might wake up and find a herd of deer lounging  under your bedroom window.LOL

Happy Planting Kerryh