Currently Listening: Elder - Lore

Compost tea is a wonderful thing.  We could get real technical here, but lets keep it simple.  In essence, the idea is that you have sugar and inoculated compost and we  fed it to the tomato plants on the new bed that has brand new soil and hardly any organics in it [May 12].  Compost tea is very versatile. Well you know how bad bacteria multiply on the counter top the way you leave chicken out, well good bacteria does the same thing; ‘exponential growth’ it goes crazy, so in a matter of 48-72 hours you have maximum bacterial populations.  If you leave it around, it gets kinda smelly and the good bacteria starts to die off, and the bad bacteria starts to move in.  There are designer versions, you can buy compost starter that have mycorrhizal (and stuff) and special bacteria. A lot of places like DTE have big monster machines that make it bubble all the time… [paraphrased from Harper].

compost tea may 12

compost tea pouring may 12

compost tea pouring may 12

Who doesn’t love watching their garden transform into an edible landscape?  Let’s check out some of the oh-snap pea’s that have grown wonderfully since the spring term started!

April 14:

snap peas april 14April 23:
snap pea april 23

snap pea side shot april 23

snap pea april 23
May 12:
snap pea may 12
snap pea may 12
May 19:
snap peas may 19
snap peas may 19
close up snap peas may 19May 27:

snap pea may 27

snap pea may 27

Just another view of the garden:
peas everywhere may 27

 

Don’t forget to stay in touch!
Instagram
Later Days

-Kat B!