Made stock from the chicken carcasses, onion, garlic, celery and carrot waste we've been stockpiling for the past few months.
Sorted through the strained stock material, bones to be sundried and pulverized for bone meal. Everything else went into the hotpile.
After separating from the veggies, skin, etc. they're put out on a screen to let the sun dry them out and the bugs eat up the tissues that is still attached.
Also started another batch of celery. The last batch pretty much stalled out, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Bad seeds? Bad soil mix? - I don't know, but this time I'm trying a few different soil mixes to see if that makes a difference.
My Carolina Cherries lining the perimeter of the back yard wall have been excellent for privacy and giving a sense of outdoors and nature for the backyard, however they've also proven to block a significant amount of sunlight making growing veggies more difficult. Today I impulsively went at em' with a lopper and a saw and dropped the tree line by 4-5'. I have some remorse, it feels much different, less private with an increased presence of neighboring homes. The beds were flooded with new sunlight, I suppose it will be worth it in the end if I'm growing better crops. This years navel crop is maybe the best tasting in my 12 years here. The tree looks like shit, but the fruit is incredible.
