Making the compost preps
Transcript of Making the compost preps
Making the compost preparations
Making the compost preparations The preparations use
dried flowers and herbs enclosed in animal organs as sheaths.
Can be a community event where the cultural and human aspect of the farm is celebrated.
Yarrow (502) In the spring deer
bladders are filled with yarrow flowers.
Filled bladders are hung in a sunny and sheltered spot.
Yarrow (502) Bladders are
buried over winter and dug up in spring
Chamomile (503) In autumn, cow
intestines are filled with dried and re-moistened chamomile flowers
Filled intestines are buried over winter and dug up in spring.
Nettle (504) In summer, just as they
begin to flower, nettles are cut down, left to wilt for a day.
They are buried for one year.
The spot where they are buried is well marked.
Dug up after a year and stored.
Oak Bark (505) In autumn oak bark
is shaved A skull of a
domesticated animal is filled with oak bark
Oak Bark (505) Skulls are buried
in a place where water will flow over them.
Skulls are dug up and emptied in spring
Dandelion (506) In autumn a cow
mesentery is filled with dried and re-hydrated dandelion flowers. The mesentery and flowers are sewn in to a small parcel
Dandelion (506) The mesentery
parcels are buried over winter and dug up in spring
Valerian (507) Juice or essence is extracted
from the flowers of the Valerian plant. This is done either by crushing the flowers or steeping them in water in the sun.
The juice is kept in bottles until needed.
Storage The preparations are stored in glass or terracotta jars
in a box lined with peat.
Using the preparations Make a hole with a
stick in the heap. Put a pinch of a
preparation in a small ball of compost or soil.
Drop the ball into the hole.
Cover A few drops of
Valerian are diluted for 10 minutes in water and sprayed on the heap.