The deep bedding system builds a thick pack of hay, shredded paper and poop over the year. This ultimately goes into the garden or the orchard or the compost pile.
Frosty but clear.
Listening to “Bible in a year” and moving wheelbarrows.
Our flocks and herds, scratching the frozen ground.
Cleaned out, fresh bedding spread.
A line of fresh mulch in the garden. Hopefully it has broken and leached down a bit by the time we plant in May.
"I only remember the very first part of the book where he described the man of steel and velvet and I remember the deep chord that phrase struck. I remember the image I had of a hand of living steel wearing a velvet glove, a hand that could crush or caress, strike a killing blow or wipe away tears, lift mountains or cradle an infant. The rest of the book was an afterthought."
From an essay about Aubrey Andelin's "Man of Steel and Velvet".
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