tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post3091515073876769307..comments2023-10-30T06:29:50.164-04:00Comments on ❖How My Garden Grows❖: Spring Has Sprung!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-67290288079945979742010-03-22T12:28:06.446-04:002010-03-22T12:28:06.446-04:00Uh oh. What direction is a cold frame supposed to ...Uh oh. What direction is a cold frame supposed to sit? I may need to move mine AGAIN!?! <br /><br />Your garden is looking so good...love all the new beds. Isn't it so exciting? I am planting directly in the ground this year. So far, so good. <br /><br />I am wondering about the dog food? What's that about?Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020971191511530538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-421934556206273342010-03-19T16:32:45.091-04:002010-03-19T16:32:45.091-04:00I would LOVE manure if I could find it. This lasa...I would LOVE manure if I could find it. This lasagna style composting or bed making is for small spaces like you said. The corn and gluten etc. in the cheap dog food helps everything heat up really fast supposedly....that is what my composting book sais anyway. :)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457953816169352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-9575933249751757782010-03-19T14:51:56.778-04:002010-03-19T14:51:56.778-04:00dog food??? Whatever next? Never heard that one ...dog food??? Whatever next? Never heard that one before. This method really only works for a small garden as far as I can ascertain. Our plot would need a truck load of compost / manure. And then I would have to find an efficient way to get it down 18 steep terraces.<br /><br />We just fill up the car 3 or for times with animal manure from a neighbour and spread it thinly, so improving the soil slowly bit by bit.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-68006054997541032772010-03-19T14:43:09.581-04:002010-03-19T14:43:09.581-04:00We do Kelly, I can get it for 36.00 a yard, our li...We do Kelly, I can get it for 36.00 a yard, our little trailer holds it so we save the delivery charge.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-80111882111421552052010-03-19T11:54:33.937-04:002010-03-19T11:54:33.937-04:00Erin, I would use all compost if it wasn't so ...Erin, I would use all compost if it wasn't so expensive...you must have a good place locally to buy it by the yard?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457953816169352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-22758135323683738172010-03-19T11:22:08.334-04:002010-03-19T11:22:08.334-04:00Don't the critters invade the beds to eat the ...Don't the critters invade the beds to eat the food? I really should put more thought into mine, I just use 100% load of compost and then annually top off with our own compost and topsoil, not very creative, LOLErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-74282044351547662892010-03-19T10:25:15.789-04:002010-03-19T10:25:15.789-04:00Looking good Kel! I haven't decided how I was...Looking good Kel! I haven't decided how I was going to fill my new beds this year. I think I'll end up purchasing several yards of loam from a nursery near by.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.com