[Ag-eq] Catching Up

[Susan Roe]

Hi Jody,

Your semi-composted leaves will work fine in your garden area since the soil 
is still moist.  You can still use the pete a little as you go and not be 
such a cost facter.  Also as your family clears away your brush, see if you 
can burn any of it and also either put them in your compost or work it into 
your soil when it is in your off season.

The book "Barnyard in Your Backyard" is a great book.  We have it in 
printand I also have read it via the library.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] horse training


> Hi Nella,
>
> I am so glad this list got active again since I didn't have the contact
> email in this computer.
>
> I have wondered how you and everyone was doing.
>
> The house is finally unpacked but we have a lot to do on the property.  We
> have already cleared out a lot but lots more to do.  We are almost done
> fixing the round pen and we have to fix the paddock fence.  The whole
> property is fenced which is great although I only let the dogs in the
> smaller area.  The tall grass and over grown brush is not a good place to
> let them run because we have rattle snakes and other varmints here.
>
> We had a lot of rain with the hurricane and the water table rose so high 
> the
> pond turned in to a lake and the yard was all boggy.
>
> I hoped to have the garden planted by now but the area is still too wet. 
> I
> composted the leaves I raked up last spring and I am moving them to the
> garden and adding some dirt too.  This area was once a lake bed and the 
> soil
> is black and it smells swampy.  It is called muck soil.  It really needs
> peet moss but they want $10 a bag for it and that is why I decided to use
> the compost  even though it really isn't totally ready.
>
> I have been reading Barnyard in your Backyard from the Talking book 
> library.
> I am on the section about chickens now.  We have to work on our chicken 
> coop
> and replace the chicken wire and fix the nesting boxes.
>
> The pond is great and I hope we can stock it with fish.  I would 
> especially
> like some fish that like to eat mosquitos and frog eggs.  hahahaha
>
> Daytime is still warm in the upper 80s and night time is in the 70s.  This
> is the time of year I miss New England for the autumn leaves and cool
> temperatures.  Everyone is tired of the heat.
>
> I am looking forward to cool days.  I think we will get a lot more done
> outside.
>
> How have you been?
>
> JODY
>
>
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