Re: My Hugalculture Experiment
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:53 am
It was a beautiful day here on the hill, high of 66. I spent all day out side working. First I loaded and hauled 3 cart loads of wood chips to the garden and threw them into the hole, Then I took all of the garden waste from last year and threw it in, tomato vines, pepper plants sun flower stalks including their root balls. I felt the wood chips would help to retain water and stop its flow into the porous sand stone below, and the root balls with their top soil would add billions of microbes and bacteria deep down in the hole. Next I went and borrowed the neighbors trailer. It is 4X 8 and I pulled it with the Farmall Tractor. I hauled 3 trailer loads of wood and logs to the bed and through it in there. After that I took the trailer back and borrower his Nissan PU truck. I drove the truck past town to another friend who has horses and hand loaded the PU with horse manure. Drove home and unloaded the poop into the hole. That was about a days work for me. I am a bit worried because the hole is filled about to the line where the sub soil starts and I have not put any of the soil back yet. I have a lot of rocks to sift out, but there will still be way too much dirt to go back into that hole. I think I will sift the sub soil and use some of it around the tree roots in my yard and field to cover them up and make the mowing easier, Many of the large Maples in the yard are 60 to 70 feet high. When you look at a tree top the root structure will be the same size as the top. Since I only have about 3 feet of sand and rock until you hit solid sand stone the roots have no place to go and end up pushing up on the surface making it hard to mow. Covering them with soil will make my life way better, . My neighbors invited me to supper, They had egg plant parmesan and spaghetti. It was much better than I would have made for my self, and the company was wonderful. After supper I went out and visited some local clubs and picked up my new membership cards. All in All it was a wonderful day here, and a good time was had by all,