In an effort to expand the fertile of my yard I had five yards of organic cow manure + wood shavings delivered by Soil Builders. Initially I thought I would have two days to spread the mulch but the storm system moved in early so I had to move all five yards of mulch in about 7 hours. In the front yard I spread the mulch in the blueberry and rose/salal strips on either side of the drive way and a wheelbarrow load where I plan to plant the Olive trees and around the two new chestnut trees.

In the backyard I spread the mulch around the two pear trees, the strawberry patch, around the fig/cherry/fennel area, around the russian quince/boysenberry patch and along the east and south sides. I'm hoping to have tomato plants around the russian quince patch, along the east side. I also spotted several ripe strawberries among in the main strawberry patch and the smaller colonies scattered around the pear, cherry and russian quince. I should mention that I intentionally didn't put any of this mulch in my existing garden at least for now as this is the first time I've worked with Soil Builders and simply don't have much bare ground in the garden. When I sheet mulch in the fall I'll likely have another five yards delivered.

Today also marked the first time I have every cooked a meal in a crockpot. I had a one pound bag of pinto beans and figured what the heck. The end result tasted pretty good over rice, I added a bunch of stuff from my garden: garlic whips, onion with greens, oregano, mint and some chard.