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| Another Compost in Progress with Bill watching |
Rather than leave piles of the waste silage around the farm across the river it is loaded on the ute and brought home. One compost bin has been compiled and another two are empty which will be filled gradually over the next few weeks.
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| This pile looks small but it is close to a ton of rejected silage collected last night |
But there is still more than can be used in the current compost bins. Then an idea struck. Why not use some of it to mulch around the grape vines and then when this is done ditto for the fruit trees. And so a few ute loads have now been dumped in the vineyard.
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| One row of 12 done |
There are now multiple parallel projects in progress. A NZ compost has been started using silage and fresh cow manure already collected. The green matter is coming from the vineyard. By mowing up and down the rows with a catcher green matter is collected and the ground prepared for mulching. Just before piling on the silage mulch there will be a bit of weeding and weed trimming around the vines.
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| This mornings collection |
Life is a bit hectic keeping up with the tasks but it seems a real waste not to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
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