Saturday, March 22, 2014

Adding Amendments and setting up the Pumpkin Patch

3/21/14

I had the kids help me mark out a 30 ft by 40 ft rectangle in the yard where the pumpkin patch is going to go.  We marked the edges and corners with orange spray paint.

Next, I started adding amendments.  I used the Amendment Chart I have included on this blog, and put down the dolomite lime, mykos, humic acid, kelp meal, and zeolite.  After that, we put down roughly 80 pounds of alfalfa hay.

The other amendments have yet to arrive by UPS, with the exception of Borax, which we already have.

I have requested a quote to have the yard tilled.   After the other amendments are added and the patch is tilled, I will add a few thousand earth worms, which I will order from Amazon.  They are only about $25 per 1000 worms.


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