Mulching 101

My brother got me a big load of cow manure early Fall that was a bit fresh .
Composted it over the Winter and tilled it in the following June. That was two years ago.
I got these horrible invasive weeds where I used that and wished I'd never used it. Still getting rid of them.


I collect leaves in the Fall just blow them into a huge pile tarp it to keep them dry and mix them with the lawn clippings and everything else in the compost pile all Summer. Inverted cone for a pile top so water stays in the pile . Cone like a roof so the compost pile sheds the water in the Winter.
Just plain lawn clippings smells pretty bad on a hot day too.
A good green and brown mix doesn't smell at all.

cow manure is good

Chicken is better ( look for a chicken farm, they will sell the manure)

Bat Guano is the best... no seriously it is

Yea I got 17 chickens. There only 8 weeks old so thats going to take some time. Bat Guano would have to be a very high dollar crop. ;-)