What did you do in the garden today?

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow - that's a carrot!

 

[CrealCritter]

Good soil in Ireland.

 

[Beekissed]

I never pulled the rest of last year's carrots...

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WOW!!!! Sumi, you much have GREAT soil!!! For a carrot to get that deep and big???? Just....wow.

 

[sumi]

My reaction when DS brought that thing in to show me was quite unrepeatable I didn't know carrots could that THAT big?!?! The others we pulled last year were wonky, some very much so, and after a few I stopped bothering with them and just left them out there... A few months and a mild winter later they've turned into bloody monsters! LOL

He pulled two more that were also big, but not as long as this one, then thankfully stopped. I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet...

 

[BarredBuff]

That's quite the carrot.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

I put 4 barrels of wood chips and spent stable litter on the garden. (I'm most likely the only person in town who goes to the dump to bring back lightly used poop!) Much mulch to spread in order to get the whole thing covered. I'm so thankful that there are some piles that are recently dumped so I can access them. It will be about a month before last years stuff (the good aged stuff) is thawed enough to get into.

Hubby helped me turn the combination window around on the back door of the green house. THis allows me to adjust the windows and screen on that back door from inside. Previously, it was inaccessible 6 months of the year b/c of snow and ice build up behind the greenhouse.

 

[NH Homesteader]

I have a weird garden question. Does anything the animal may have been treated with cause any concern as far as leaching into food? I mean... I try to avoid chemicals but my goats do have to be dewormed sometimes... and some people don't even make an attempt to avoid chemicals... and overuse antibiotics. I'm thinking more root crops like carrots...

 

[frustratedearthmother]

No expert here...but awhile back I had a thread on "killer compost." I mulched my garden with hay that had been sprayed with a herbicide....pretty much wiped most of my garden out. So, my guess is that there could be some wormer residue or other "stuff" that can be passed in the manure. But - I wouldn't think it would be in there long...like if you tossed the manure for the first week or so after worming that after that it might be ok?

That's all I know...or more to the point...that's my guess. Not sure if composting it helps...Off to Google!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oops... seems that Ivermectin can be found in manure up to 45 days after worming - who knew????

But then I found this:
Ivermectin (22,23-dihydroavermectin B1a + 22,23-dihydroavermectin B1b) is a commonly used horse wormer medication. Believe it or not, it is listed by the National Organic Standards Board as a synthetic substance approved for use in certified organic livestock and crops.

So, my new answer is -

 

[NH Homesteader]

Well they use ivermectin in humans so I guess it won't hurt you? Lol I dunno...