Hi
I do my compost spreading , during the winter (Nice days) and was wondering what the availability of compost in other areas. I only have to go 1 mile away it cost me $12 plus tax . It is mostly leaf mulch probably a large percentage oak leaf.
This message was edited Jan 6, 2007 11:40 AM
You lucky thing. We could do this in Prince George, BC and in Selkirk, Manitoba. Now I collect bagged leaves, poke holes in them and leave them for a couple of years. Of course, I only have a small city garden now.
inanda
That compost looks great! Nothing like compost for getting the ground into good condition for planting.
We used to buy compost (bark based) to grow our Calla lily tubers in. From memory, I think it was $45 a cubic metre. When we harvested them we sold off the compost for $15 a trailer load. We now grow in untreated sawdust, which is only $2.50 a cubic metre.
After harvesting we use the broken down sawdust in our home garden and we give the rest of it away free. We have no trouble in getting the paddock cleared away of the used sawdust.
We grow the tubers on to size them up for our exporters, all growing well and we will begin harvesting in mid May (we are in the Southern Hemisphere.) Here is a photo of the land where they are grown. This was taken sometime in early Spring as still some trees in the background not yet in leaf.
Meant to saw the sawmill is five minutes down the road but because we got so much they deliver it for us.
This message was edited Jan 6, 2007 9:37 PM
This message was edited Jan 6, 2007 9:40 PM
If I had been a liliarian when trying to find somewhere to live, would have come to NZ instead of Canada. Was more into swimming & skiing then. All the Cdn girls I met had tons of $$, had put themselves through uni and used the phone like no tomorrow. Coming from a family who didn't feel girls needed to go to uni or even agricultural college, where we were not allowed to use the phone too much ..... couldn't wait to get away ..... to FREEDOM.
Your photos are just wonderful. Make me feel I should have chosen NZ. I love Canada though. Fields of callas. When growing up, they were wild in all the ditches. Now I carefully bring in the pots every year, to grow them on.
inanda
