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The Mountain Garden
From July/August 2008 Issue
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A Mountain Garden Manure Manual
Two entrepreneurial teenagers, a white pickup truck and six barrels of precious, plant-nurturing… manure
Story and Photos by Elizabeth
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| Emily and Abel Robinson deliver 55-gallon barrels of manure. |
The ad in the newsletter that came with our rural cooperative’s February electric bill read: “Horse manure for delivery, $10/barrel, 4 barrel minimum (barrels not included).” It had been a long time since my garden had received a manure boost; here was a way to get some delivered just before my garden went in.
The woman who answered my call took my number. Her son Abel was off on a school trip. “Put me down for six barrels,” I said.
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