BBC Day

Turned out to be a BBC (BigBarnCoat) day. You could have fooled these Jonquils, pronounced Jonniequills in the south. Well, at least it wasn't raining, Alex and I did some mudd scooping and barn cleaning, got a lot more to do, Alex wants some of the manure and straw mix  for her raised beds. This has become one of the richest farms in the area, not money wise, dirt wise. When we  moved here the land was clear cut and then the top soil was pushed up when we cleared for building the house and barns. All the years of horse, cow, sheep and goat poop, straw for bedding and wasted hay, have made the soil deep and rich. All sorts of bugs and worms working the manure to break it down into compost and fertilizer for the garden and pastures.  The water from my washer ,that soaks the wool and mohair, returns to the pasture, along with the lanolin and dirt it releases. You can tell exactly what area benefits from that rich sludge. We have a lot of washes, areas that have become deep ditches from heavy rain and erosion. I try to fill these gullies with belly wool and fleeces that aren't good for spinning, the wool will take years to break down and will help slow down the erosion. There are subdivisions all around us with farm names, all they grow is houses.They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. I hope I can leave this place in better condition than when I found it, and there will be one undeveloped farm.