Story Tellers

I don't know if this is my calling but I know I really enjoy the record that documenting this life we live brings. I loved this and snapped a picture while walking the halls with Jake in Joplin MO. I appreciate the records we have from people more versed in geneology than I. So I tell the stories we live and document the activity of this beehive full of busy kids. I'm thankful for the many ideas and experiments we are able to work through. 

Two years ago I really studied gardening. One of the magic products guaranteed to improve your garden soil is decomposed leaves and or earthworm castings. Being summer time I didn’t have leaves but that fall I stockpiled a large totes worth. I let them sit all winter our dry climate doesn’t force much breakdown. That spring I purchased 10 or twenty pounds of worms and turned them loose in my compost bin. We watered the bin a few times a week and added some grass clippings. Finally this year we opened up the pile to find nice soil. Hopefully this will grow some beautiful dahlias. 

Addie has been following my worm experiment through the years. We were very surprised to find no worms in the soil. I’m excited to get the compost bag cleaned out to see what holes are in the bottom. We got 4 big totes worth barrels so far from this. That’s a lot of potting soil from waste products on our farm leaves, wood chips, manure, grass clippings, and vegetable waste from cooking. Now it’s gonna be flowers. Life is good.