Black Orchid Ambleside
9 months old today
Withers: 51” or 12.3hh, same as previous 3 months
Butt: 54” or 13.2hh, 1” taller than last month
Heart Girth: 58.75”, 1/4” bigger than last month
Body Length: 65”, a full 2 inches longer
Weight: 679lbs, 48lbs heavier than last month and about 200 lbs heavier than when I got her.
Wifi is now 14 years old, shes 14.1hh
Such a lover
Joey will be 26 in a month
16hh
And in other news:
We've started a raised bed garden in the side yard. I had thought it would be good out front but there's too much shade. In the side yard it's going to have 12-14 hours of sunshine each day.
Lan made 5 beds this size 6.5'x3'x18" & 1 that's 13'x3'x18"
They're leftover roofing metal & the 4x4 corner posts are old posts from highway signs
I got a bunch of large boxes to put under them
We put in a bunch of small branches and sticks, this will decompose over time
Then a layer of last years composted lawn grass, this stuff was black & packed with worms
Next came two year old horse poop, shavings, hay & sand mix from our compost pile.
This stuff was so nice and had huge worms growing in it.
This garden should do great just from the worms.
Went to Purdy Topsoil & bought 1.5 tons of garden soil
Filled the beds, tamped it down & topped them off
Worms in the composted grass
A worm from the manure compost
Here are some of the seeds left over from last year, a few from this year. I'm so glad I didn't waste them last year in that failure we called a garden.
Today I'm taking my seeds and a planning book to work where I will plan out each bed. Going to do companion planting so each bed will have others that compliment them. There will be Marigolds to help keep Aphids away, Three Sisters where there's corn, squash & beans.
The Three Sisters method is companion planting at its best, with three plants growing symbiotically to deter weeds and pests, enrich the soil, and support each other.
I just hope it grows
