PotterFactory from the mailman arrived - pot maker

The mailman just dropped off the newspaper pot making tool I had ordered and I just finished making about 40 pots out of newspaper.   I guess I've paid the tool cost off already it was only about ten bucks.  Wish I had gotten one of these years ago.  The pots come off the tool packed with soil mix.  It's pretty simple--make a little dimple in the soil with a pencil and drop in a seed.  This tool is Highly recommended.  The newspaper pot should decompose in the organic garden.  Let's see, if a million gardeners buy 50 plastic pots each year or 50 peat pots that have to be manufactured with electricity and fuel for delivery, then in ten years we could eliminate 500 million pots --- a lot of wasted energy and plastic that goes into the landfill.  Now that I think about it, that's amazing.

Horse poo

I've located a horse stable with a plentiful supply of poo for the garden. And, it's free. They compost it and give it away - what more could you ask for. Pony-up to nature's finest nitrogen supply. Our soil is high in clay so I think the potash level should be okay.