tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post115222839243935065..comments2024-03-08T01:37:39.323-05:00Comments on Getting Stitched on the Farm: Kristin Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09038900681076035087noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-1152599863350737662006-07-11T02:37:00.000-04:002006-07-11T02:37:00.000-04:00My mom's Uncle Charlie was an elephant trainer in ...My mom's Uncle Charlie was an elephant trainer in the circus. He could have probably fertilized the garden just with what he "wore" home from what I've heard! Cuuute elephants!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-1152416053105049002006-07-08T23:34:00.000-04:002006-07-08T23:34:00.000-04:00That elephant watering can is adorable! And for m...That elephant watering can is adorable! And for me, since I have the 4 houserabbits, I have "bunny gold" (mixture of bunny manure and wood stove pellets broken down by their urine) to use in my flower beds. The black gold is a great idea though and much more interesting!<BR/>=:8somebunnysloveDOTcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498002228258987013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-1152317098677616932006-07-07T20:04:00.000-04:002006-07-07T20:04:00.000-04:00Another method for Instant Composting...done by bo...Another method for Instant Composting...done by both my Danish mother and her sister. They both had wonderful gardens!<BR/><BR/>They kept small pails (i.e., a gallon ice cream container) into which went all vegetable scraps, egg shells and coffee grounds. Every few days (all year round) they would place the compost-to-be into their gardens. If it was summer, they would chop up the scraps with the hoe and work the small pieces into the garden. If it was winter, they would share the scraps with the critters for a few days (they were urban and didn't have to worry about excessive critters) and then do the chopping about every ten days/two weeks or so.<BR/><BR/>I do this with a too-much-clay area of my garden and can see the difference....very little standing water after the Noah-esque rains about two weeks ago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-1152288944390482682006-07-07T12:15:00.000-04:002006-07-07T12:15:00.000-04:00Here in Baltimore it is horse manure. We had mount...Here in Baltimore it is horse manure. We had mounted police (we still do but they are rare) and as the police rode through the various parts of Baltimore the horse would naturally leave its poo behind. The German, Luthiuian and whomever else would argue as to who was getting the poo. <BR/><BR/>Oh, the pigs are cute. The part of the city I use to live in was called...Pigtown. It's official and unofficial name. The name comes from when pigs were gathered into freight cars of trains, and the trains came to the city to deliver the pigs to the slaughter house. The pigs would actually run through the streets to the slaughter house. Of course a few pigs were lost along the way by means of pigs getting too close to basement windows and people waiting for them there. Dinner was pork that night.<BR/><BR/>PattyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-1152280667637667342006-07-07T09:57:00.000-04:002006-07-07T09:57:00.000-04:00Elephant poo! That is hilarious. We just moved las...Elephant poo! That is hilarious. We just moved last year for my husband's job and are starting over with our garden. We could use some "black gold" for sure...I wonder when the circus is coming?Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01231984941676061913noreply@blogger.com