Relaying the path

Written by: adekun on 10 June, 2008 11:33 pm - Filed under: blog

It would be great to be self sufficient in compost. Keeping the supplements to a minimum as the plot expanded has been to the detrimental to the yield of some of the plants. Even so, an accumulation of bags has built up. The staples are composted gyufun (cow manure) and pelleted keifun (chicken manure). Powered egg shells for calcium.
Workmen used some of the rocks recovered from the garden to fill an old septic tank. They were around to dig up pipes and left a pile of surplus crushed limestone. It all seemed quite timely as the tile path became in more uneven as weeds pushed through the joints.
Despite plastic sheeting advocates in some permaculture circles, I’m not too keen on the idea, especially as the bags may degrade. On the other hand, it was good to reuse the bags, the only cost in relaying the path was the time.