"Sweet Peat"

Had five yards of Sweet Peat delivered today by "The Mulch Man" Lou Viglione. That's great stuff! Sweet Peat is aged compost from horse stables (bedding + manure) that has had lime added for pH adjustment. You can mix it into the soil if you need more organic matter, or use it as mulch over the top to keep the weeds down and retain moisture.

There is one consideration we'll have to deal with: Most native plants prefer acidic soils, and Sweet Peat has a lot of lime added. Will this make the soil to alkaline for some of our species? We'll have to take some soil samples from time to time and send them in for analysis.

I walked to the garden along the Rec Path (yellow trail) from Wesley Drive, and on the way home it started pouring. As soon as it started raining I began seeing red efts along the portion of the Rec Path we call "Lizard Lane." Four total. Well, they're not exactly lizards (they're amphibians), but I still think "Lizard Lane" is an appropriate name.