tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599721217641463440.post-76803766289468991402007-03-17T12:56:00.000-07:002007-03-17T13:00:05.772-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7MKuMekbkA4/RfxIo-wyU8I/AAAAAAAAAAM/63L_cF2Nhh4/s1600-h/Harvest.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7MKuMekbkA4/RfxIo-wyU8I/AAAAAAAAAAM/63L_cF2Nhh4/s320/Harvest.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042985551627703234" border="0" /></a>Building the reservior of life in the soil is the best way to give life to your vegetables and ultimately life to you. In the photo you see one of my compost piles. I'm harvesting the compost to put on my garden last fall. I like to let the nutrients sink in over the winter. This pile was made from leaves, my own grass clippings and food scraps. I added red wiggler worms from the bins I keep in my basement and they loved it. The population is now huge.<br /><br />I like to hand screen the compost to make it fine and keep out trash, sticks and unwanted debris. I was only able to make about one cubic yard of compost last year. I bought two yards from our Resource Recovery Park in Lee's Summit Missouri. I'm ready to go get some more today. This year I'm adding agricultural lime (pelletized limestone) and probably 20 gallons of Charcoal as an experiment. I'll write about that in a later blog.<br /><br />Get ready for Spring!Stan Slaughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18299258869439632712noreply@blogger.com