Our shipment of dirt and compost has arrived! There are 15x super-sacks holding two cubic-yards each. It was a 35,000 lb load. This should be enough to get us through 2020.
A large amount (12x bags) is compost for field amendments. This will be spread on the raised beds as we build and plant them. The remaining three bags are seed starting mix and soil for "potting-up" the starts to larger pots.
All of these items are OMRI listed and certified organic. This is required for our supply-chain management to ensure our own organic certification eligibility in the future.
I'm not real pleased with the amount of plastic film required to ship these. We might explore bulk shipping (like a dump-truck), if available, in the future. I imagine it's difficult to bulk ship certified-organic items when there might be non-organic items remaining in the truck box from the previous shipment or some other contamination.
We're excited! It's snowing today but we still think of field work!
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