A day of "firsts"...

Today was a special day.  As I was watering some freshly planted tomato plants, I noticed that one plant is developing a perfect little tomato.  The first Tomato of the season! 

Then...as the kiddos and I were feeding the rabbits & chickens,, I noticed that the Bantam Hen (Bobbie Jo) had layed her very first egg!  It was absolutely cute as a button! 

Can't wait to see what the next "first" will be!

VermiDirt

     Last week, my Mother-in-Law found a worm farm right here in ole' Hartsville, SC!  We picked up 20 lbs (roughly 4 gallons) of the fabulous "worm poop."  If you believe that poop can be beautiful, then this stuff is spectacular!  We really enjoyed meeting the nice folks that farm the worms.  Their product is truly amazing!  I can't wait to see what it does for the garden!  I promptly went home and sprinkled a handful on each of my plants.  I also planted some of the seedlings from the coldframes and put a small handfull of VermiDirt in the hole with each seedling. 
     They also sold me a gallon of Bokashi mix for my compost bin.  Bokashi is the biochemical breakdown of organic matter in an anaerobic environment. The "good" microbes outcompete the "bad" microbes essentially killing them. The end result is "pickeled" organic matter that may look the same but has been altered drastically.

They ship this fabulous mixture all over.  Check out their website if you are interested. 

http://www.vermidirtfarms.net/Home_Page.php



Cabbage



Broccoli




Potato (I actually dug this plant out of my compost bin. 
One of my potato scraps sprouted and was growing out the side of the composter!)



Garlic

Corn