mk30<p>Ahh, a nice pile of pre-mulch (category: pallet). This pile isn't the final pile. It's the holding pile. Next step is distributing the pieces based on where i'd like them to decompose.</p><p>Stuff like managed decomposition really makes me feel like I've got my arm up to the elbow in the circle of life, swishing things around and trying to make something happen lol.</p><p>And yes, all my most profound ecological insights come only when I'm *at least* elbow deep in the circle of life.</p><p>Which reminds me, I have some goat poop (from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@saltphoenix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>saltphoenix</span></a></span> 🥰) compost tea brewing in a bucket and I gotta stir it and distribute it. Swish swishing the circle of life quite literally, in this case 😸</p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/homestead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homestead</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offgrid</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hawaii</span></a></p>