A whole lotta horse s*#t!!

We spent the whole weekend and yesterday plowing all of the vineyards, for today, they got a nice dose of some well-composted horse poop!  Our vineyards definitely need a bit of a boost after 3 years of drought and deprivation of their previous chemical treatments.  That is to say that the man we bought then from used to give them a good dose of fertilizer every year, and we cut them off, cold turkey.  So a little bit of organic matter will be good for them.  A fellow vigneron and friend, Pierre Goisbault, called us a few weeks ago to offer up some good old horse manure from some nearby stables.  Pierre knew that we had wanted to spread some compost this year, and he was getting some for himself, so he offered to get some for use too!  He rented a truck and brought us 4 truck loads.  Then he offered to have someone spread it for us, which was a god-send, since otherwise we would have had to borrow his spreader and figure out how to do it ourselves.  I don't know about you, but that's about the last thing that I want to do.  So presto!  As of this evening, all of our vineyards should have some nice shit spread throughout.  Now if only the wind would stop blowing and the skies would start raining, things would be perfect.  If only....   (That's the horse shit, in case you were wondering!)

Comments

[Mary B. at Dover Canyon]

That's some good shit, Amy! ;) Good for you to return to natural and rhythmic soil additions. We use no fertilizers in our vineyard other than a liquid spray of fish emulsion and garlic. (It has the added benefit of deterring deer and bugs.) Did you save some horse pucky for your garden?