Last year (2020) was the first year I didn't use any store-bought manure.
Prior to 2020, I had been using "mushroom compost", at first because I had mistaken it to be composted mushrooms, but then once I learned it's left-over manure from mushroom growing, well I continued buying it with the faint hope that maybe it was actually composted mushrooms.
In later summer / early fall 2019, I went and got a bunch of well aged (2-3 years) horse manure from Penny Lane Sanctuary which provides a home for rescued horses and other farm animals. Not veganic, but I'll call it veganic-ish, and I feel fine about using this manure, given its source.
So in fall 2019 I applied a bunch of horse manure.
In 2020 I used up most of the rest of the horse manure. And the potting soil I was using it turns out (as I learned this past winter)nwas accidentally vegan (Promix Premium potting mix).
In 2021, i.e. this year, my soil amendments consist of:
- horse manure: I have one bag of the horse manure left, which I haven't used yet but will throughout the year.
- alfalfa pellets
- kelp meal
- lawn clippings as mulch (collected from CB school front and other spots)
- ground up leaves as mulch
I'm no longer using cedar mulch in the yard anymore other than a few pots for aesthetics, since it doesn't add much if anything to the soil.
Unfortunately I decided to stop using my compost bin because I just couldn't control the smell, which I don't mind, but my poor neighbours. Didn't harvest any compost this year, just going to let it all sit there and finish up.
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