Late Winter Biosolids Top Dressing Application In Perennial Garden - February 2024
Late last Fall, I found some time to head over to the mulch pit to pick up a couple of loads (in 5 gallon buckets) of municipal biosolids and brought them home. I dumped the biosolids out and scattered them across a number of the perennial beds in the front/back/side yards . A top dressing of sorts. And a dormant application of organic material with the goal of improving the soil conditions. I also thought that by applying them in early Winter/late Fall...there would be ample time for them to 'age in place' during the dormant period. With the return to the garden in the past few weeks to begin to prune back/remove old stems and lightly begin to clean up, I've noticed some areas where the naked soil is 'showing'. What can fix that? Mulch! Oh...I guess that's true. But, I also thought...biosolids could do the trick. And...off I went to pick up a load. Here, below, are a few spots where I spread the material out. ...