Persimmon Cookie On A Stick

…yum yum yummy yum yum

Another day filled with Exciting Garden Adventures. Today, it was all about finally getting the finished compost (about 175 pounds worth) out of Compost Pile X-34 Alpha. And by “compost”, I mean 90% worm castings in a form so fine and nutrient packed that you’d pay about $5.00 a pound for it at a garden store or nursery. Now figure in that it was full of the red worms that created it and you can up that to about $7.00 a pound.

And it’s all sitting next to my veggie garden, awaiting placement on various plants throughout the garden.

Of course, getting this wonderful stuff took me about 5 hours of shoveling, sifting out uncomposted larger chunks and wheeling garden cart loads around, but it was worth it. Hell, it was even worth the sunburn and aching muscles.

Now, over the next 3-4 days, after work, I’ll move the halfway composted contents of Compost Piles K-43 Omega and I-652 Beta into one bigass pile and let the redworms chew it up for a few months or so. The worms will enjoy that.

For those of you wondering, I generally do the “pile it up in the bin and let nature take it’s course” type of composting, rather than the speedier, but more labor intensive “hot” composting method. See, that’s cos I’m a lazy bugger.

Oh, look, another garden pic!

Plants on the hillside