Early ferry to Pender Island this morning with 4 yards of horse manure on board. A good friend who runs a landscape design business in Victoria leant me his small dump truck which he had filled with local poop. Due to the transportation costs this is an expensive way to introduce extra fertility to the farm. We only due this once or twice a year. The manure is rationed to those crops and situations where we need the extra nutrients or need to improve soil structure.