I have never heard of dogs and cats digging up onions and garlic. I was under the impression that these items are poisonous to dogs. Anyway, we do not have stray dogs here so it is not an issue.
I am impressed with how wet your soil is. I know you say it has been raining, but even so it is very wet. I have only known worsening drought on my land. Even after a rain, the soil is dry. This drought has lasted almost 10 years.
Dogs like to dig just freshly plowed soil. And at the same time they pull out onions and garlic. Why? I don't know. Cats go to the toilet like that!
We have small rains every day. I have sandy soil, so I was able to cultivate the soil. now many people just have puddles in the garden and they can't dig up the beds.
I have a short fence around my vegetable plot. It keeps out dogs--I guess--but not deer. HAHA! My cat hangs out in the garden and hunts for birds and mice. He probably poos there, I don't know, but it is a good trade off.
Your worm makes me realise how dry my land is. I have NEVER seen a worm. Not a single one. This land has been farmed to death with commercial fertilizer and herbicide. Hopefully I can make it healthy again.
I don't put any fertilizer in the soil. Only sometimes the wife adds superphosphate when planting tomatoes. In autumn I collect fallen leaves. In the summer we collect grass, put everything in a bunker. And plus manure from rabbits. In the spring, there are a huge number of worms in this pile!!!!
When the ground freezes, I will spread the resulting humus over the beds. And I will put rabbit manure in it in winter. From the second bunker I will carry the manure in the spring. In the summer I will put grass and manure in it.
Where do you put the unnecessary grass from the garden? vegetable tops? it can all be crushed and stored on humus. Pour water over and cover with a film or lid.
Oh yes, you are describing what I call a compost pile. All garden "wastes" such as grasses and food scraps (not meat) go into the pile. I will get a picture and do a post.
I do not use any chemical fertilzers, just manure and compost. I am always on the look out for manure. The best manure comes from chickens and cows and sheep.
I do put calcium in the soil for the tomatoes. Due to drought, it is harder for the tomatoes to extract the nutrients they need from the soil.
That's right, a compost pit!
Chicken manure is a strong nitrogen fertilizer. You need to use it correctly.
Cow manure - is often a peddler of weeds in the garden.
Sheep, goat, rabbit - class.
But horse manure is considered the best.
Meat in the compost pit???? We eat meat ourselves. :)
Sometimes there is leftover meat or meat products, like bones.
I find that horse manure is good for improving the structure of the soil, but is lacking in nutrients. The best manure comes from ruminants . I like to blend many different types together--when I can get it.
Why don't you write a post in the Steemit-Garden community about your garden and what you do in it?
There's good support there.
good idea.