Just had to.“Bigger Better Butternuts”
Glad you had so much success with those. Since it’s just we two, I’m totally into ‘Honeynut’ myself. A much smaller version that doesn’t last as long, of course. Got about 24 to process right now, and I still didn’t finish the pie pumpkins yet, (’Small Sugar Sugar Pie’ from Livingston Seed) but they’re good keepers. I have some smaller pumpkins, as well as all the ‘decorative’ squash I grew and those are going into one of the food plots for wildlife, so nothing will be wasted. The steer was sampling them the other day. ;)
“If you plan to buy fertilizers and whatnot, get your orders in soon. There’s already a shortage. If you know how to improve the soil without buying stuff, even better.”
Excellent advice. I really was at the bottom of my ‘buckets of stuff’ at the end of the season, so at a minimum I need more bone meal and I’ve already started saving egg shells for crunching up for next season to feed to tomatoes, peppers, zukes & cukes.
Manure around here is NOT a problem. Weber and Ithaca do a fine job of providing that. In fact, as I was shoveling out kennels (I don’t use dog poop!) the other day, I was reminding myself that the chore becomes MUCH more tolerable once the temperature drops below freezing, LOL!
Beau has been moving Weber around The Manse, as there is STILL green grass to eat (December 4th!) so he’s cleaning up after him and tossing the flops right into my big compost pile.
Such LUXURY! Doesn’t take much to make me happy, LOL!
Just had to.Not sure if this would be practical in your situation, but if dog poo is turned into charcoal, it makes an excellent soil amendment, with no odors or nasty bacteria/parasites to deal with.