Spending some time in the country during my life time, I thought I was a fairly good gardener. This year, I planted corn, tomatoes, artichoke, broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower, bell peppers and cantaloupe. But, as usuall to much in a small area ... I need to live out in the country again.
I have found used chinchilla bedding to be a wonderful fertilizer. I dump the bedding in one area and allow it to decompose, then add it to the garden areas and till it into the dirt. It's worked wonderful over the years.
We always put out corn for the deer, raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels and other animals, going through about 100 to 150 pounds a week. (Not to mention the bird seed.)
I have a resident gardener this year ... a little chipmunk. He planted corn ... corn from the feeders. He was a little late in planting it ... almost a month after I planted mine. But, mother nature taught him well ... he planted his corn in the chinchilla bedding mulch pit.
Below are pictures of our corn. The chipmonk's corn is named 0CM.jpg. Out done by a 4 inch tall little critter!
(I know where I'll plant mine next year!)
Jo Ann
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Makes you wonder if this little chipmonk knows more than we do ... maybe a long or hard winter ahead? Or just one that wants to make sure there's enough for him to store later?