From straw into gold...

Well, not exactly straw, more like abono, you know, manure, you know, bullshit..... into gold, that's for sure.  In some circles, I am known as Mr. Compost or Mr. Mulch.... in other circles, I am know as Sr. Abono, that's Mister Bullshit to you.

I just had a huge truckload of aged abono delivered and if you just put it directly on the gardens, it will stay in dry chunks until the rains come, which is not for another five months.  So what better thing to break it up with than my trusty wood chipper.  For this operation, it could be called the Poop Chute.

 As far as I know, I have one of only two  in Oaxaca.  It makes a huge difference. 

I also have some large piles of pure compost and some of grassclippings.  As I started shoveling the abono in the chipper, I could see that it was going to come out a bit heavier than I wanted, so I began mixing in the other ingredients and can now control the output from heavy to light and fluffy. 

 

This stuff is absolutely perfect and I have been putting 4 to 8 inches of the the stuff on all the beds.

 

The soil in the gardens is already getting good, but this should make a huge difference.  I will also be mixing potting soils in the chipper adding dirt, sand and compost depending on the needs of the plants.  Pretty cool, eh?