Enriching our Soil

Today we got some nutrients into our soil in our Veggie Patch.  We had purchased fertiliser and soil wetting agent last week but have been so busy that today was our first chance to get down there.
The funniest part of this adventure was Jemma exclaiming "I love the smell of chook poo in the morning!" What a character :)
We took the Dynamic Lifter and the WettaSoil down to our dry, water-resistant earth and started the process of making it suitable for plants.
The boys picked up all the big sticks and scattered the Dynamic Lifter first.  They used hoes to spread it out and dig the fertiliser into the ground:

 

 Once that was added we decided to water it in a bit.  We turned the hose on and got only the smallest dribble out of it.  Aaron was determined to find out what was wrong. Benson suggested there could be a knot in the hose. We followed the hose and discovered there were a few issues with the joins between hoses. 

 

Water sprayed everywhere when we turned the hose on and, as we added pressure by putting our fingers over the hose end, the joins popped apart.  Even the join at the tap exploded off and left water pouring out. Once we got the hoses sorted we were ready to water.

We watered the soil so that it was damp all over, then we added the WettaSoil jug to the hose end.  This product is supposed to help soils retain moisture.  Hopefully this will work otherwise we'll have to look at some other options. 

It's times like this I wish we hadn't had to leave all our beautiful compost at our old house. It would have come in handy right now. We will see what happens.  As our worm farm starts producing more waste we will be able to add those great nutrients to our garden too, but it is still in its baby stages.  When we finally get our chooks, we'll have instant fertiliser all the time :)

Stage 3 of this grand adventure is well underway... I can't say complete because it relies on the soil improving... watch this space!