I've read about how a compost pile is supposed to work. It seems so easy in the magazines, but it never works for me. It doesn't warm up like it's supposed to and the stuff either doesn't break down or gets an icky smell.
Until now! We have a hot pile! That big pile of stuff that we clean out of the shed every day is steaming. It's amazing! You can see frost near the bottom and steam coming off the top. It really does work! I feel so affirmed for being lazy and just piling it up. So the secret is vast amounts of manure and pee-soaked straw... he-he-he... we are going to have such a good garden next year.
We got eight eggs yesterday. That's a lot for this time of year! We'll probably get hardly any tomorrow, but we're still taking it as a message from God that we show make a pecan pie.
Christina's mastitis has disappeared. The milk filters so fast that it seems there's a hole in the filter. We are getting about four gallons a day, and jerky must be getting about a gallon and a half. She's almost nine years old and still producing like mad, it seems to me. The owie on her neck looks nasty, but it's dry and not pussing, so we figure she'll recover on her own. With the snow gone, Christina goes out on the pasture every day and seems to find a little grass to eat. Good for her!
In the other pasture, beefy and jerky go out regularly. Beefy stood at the back by the fence but jerky just ran and ran. What a goofy baby.
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