Sarge is a tough old Army Truck from the Vietnam War, he lives on Pompanuck Farm, he belongs to my friend Scott Carrino. He comes her once a year, when it’s time to dispose of our pungent but valuable donkey manure pile.

We give a lot of it to our friends, we use it in our own gardens – it is amazing – and Scott takes a truckload for the Pompanuck Farm gardens. There is no charge.

We let Scott know when Vince is coming to work on the gravel with his tractor, and Scott or his helper Wally drive it out to the farm and leave it near the pile.

When Vince is done leveling the Pole Barn, he drops most of the manure into Sarge, and then Scott comes and picks it up. It goes into the very beautiful Pompanuck Gardens.

We’re thinking of selling bags of our manure ($10) at the Open House, both as a souvenir and something useful for gardeners. We sell the mature manure, it’s the stuff close to the grown, powdery and easy to spread. Something new.