Today was compost tea day. The timing couldn’t
have been better. We’ve been going through a severe draught. Lucky for us it rained last night and this afternoon, right after everyone soil
drenched. Lou was back for 30 more gallons. He’s astounded at the length of
time his dahlias are blooming and he hasn’t
had to deadhead them. Carell used compost tea for the first time in August and
came back for more. She was about to cut her roses, but applied compost tea as
a test and was shocked that they all
grew buds and bloomed again, and continue to bloom. Her apple trees are doing well. Emmy and Will take 10 gallons from every batch. Their apple trees are loaded with fruit this year. One tree filled 25 boxes. Emmy brought
me some of her apple butter. Ralph says his apples are clean and he has no scab whatsoever. Heidi used compost tea on her wild plums and made wonderful
jam. Sheila and neighbors Jay and Irene increased their
order to 50 gallons. Every entry of Irene’s took a ribbon in the county fair. Dan and Kathy took 20 gallons to apply to their
orchard. They have their own five gallon brewer, but will try the club’s
compost tea because our recipe is different. We used T & L Enterprises’ yucca
today for the first time, carefully measuring some
into each filled container. Lyle has a KIS and a Bitti brewer but also wanted to
try our recipe. He’s is a life member of the fruit club and thinks
compost tea is better than sliced bread. Lyle brought me an assortment of his
homemade jams. I can’t wait to try his famous gooseberry. Lyle
is 87. Some members drove over an hour to be here by pick up their tea,
turn around, and rush home to put it down as soon as possible. Judi BobOLator
250 g.
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