Welcome to all the new community members. We try to be family here so all guestions relating to self relience and sustainability from gardening to growing life in the soil to herbal tea blends for common ails to emergency preparedness. The vision is to have your and your families back in the first 24 hours, 3 days, 1 week, and then 6 months. Each skill we learn along the way brings us one step closer to being prepared. If you would like some garden planning thoughts, just ask. There is a wealth of information among our community. Once again, Thank you for joining; You are greatly appreciated.

Just wanted to drop a quick post and thank @Jim Flach for welcoming me into the Oasis! Lookong forward to watching this community grow (no pun intended) ☺️!!

@Larry Baracco What will you be growing this year? What do you have in the ground now?

Yesterday I turned the compost pile a couple days late. I should have turn on Saturday although sometimes life takes precedent. On stress, Nor hype. We turn when we can. The two things that would elevate the compost priority is high temp over 165F (74C) because it can ignite or low temp (under 130F 54C), not getting the job done. This pile stayed 140 - 148F (63C) for the entire 4 days before I turned. Middle was not dry and only peppering of actinomycetes bacteria found if low oxygen; a little is ok, just do not want large clumps of areas with limited oxygen. pile was 122F (50C) after the turn. Checked on my sugar snap pea and spinach babies; I have one 8' strip of grow lights that I alternate back and forth between them for 6 hours a day. Temperatures have been in the 60's (15 - 16C) so no heat needed. Couple early lettuce sprouted but not many. No carrot sprouts yet.

What did you get done today?