Manure for the Garden

[BeeMaster2]

Sertikk,
Welcome to Beemaster.
Jim Altmiller

[Plinsc]

 I have rabbit and duck manure here, I have had good results with it.
Goes from wheelbarrow to garden directly

[Michael Bush]

Whatever you have is best.  :)  I think most any of it is best after it's aged a bit (composted).

[Lesgold]

Hi Folks,

These days I tend to use worm castings a lot in the garden. I feed the worms mostly on coffee grounds and horse manure with the odd supplement of wood chips if they are available. If I go away for an extended holiday, I will add cardboard to the farms to keep them going long term. I used to feed vegetable scraps to the worms but that turned out to be more work and the seeds used to sprout all over the garden. I keep the worms in old bath tubs.
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The bath tubs are elevated and the worm liquid is caught in a bucket. Each worm farm has internal drainage and a hinged lid. A piece of old carpet covers most of the bed. This keeps the compost dark, moist and cool.
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The beds produce a good, nutrient rich compost that the veggies love.
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I harvest the compost twice a year.  Worms are also harvested about 3 times a year and sold to a local worm farmer.

[salvo]

Hi Folks,

Betcha didn't know this! It's cuzza all those bodies piling up. Replacement for cow poop!

Decomposing HUMAN remains can legally be used as compost from 2027 thanks to new California law aimed at tackling climate change

A California law makes it legal to turn human remains into compost

The process involves placing the body inside a reusable container along with wood chips and aerating it to allow microbes and bacteria to do their thing

The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, takes effect in 2027

?With climate change ... this is an alternative method of final disposition that won?t contribute emissions into our atmosphere,' the bill's author said

Sal

[BeeMaster2]

 

[Acebird]

What a great idea.

[Ben Framed]

Hi Folks,

These days I tend to use worm castings a lot in the garden. I feed the worms mostly on coffee grounds and horse manure with the odd supplement of wood chips if they are available. If I go away for an extended holiday, I will add cardboard to the farms to keep them going long term. I used to feed vegetable scraps to the worms but that turned out to be more work and the seeds used to sprout all over the garden. I keep the worms in old bath tubs.
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The bath tubs are elevated and the worm liquid is caught in a bucket. Each worm farm has internal drainage and a hinged lid. A piece of old carpet covers most of the bed. This keeps the compost dark, moist and cool.
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The beds produce a good, nutrient rich compost that the veggies love.
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I harvest the compost twice a year.  Worms are also harvested about 3 times a year and sold to a local worm farmer.

Good set up Les. Thanks for sharing your ideas and pictures.

Phillip

[Ben Framed]

What a great idea.

Ace; To be clear, which in your opinion is the great idea? That of Lesgold or that of the report in reply 24 by Salvo?  Or both 

Phillip

[Acebird]

Both.  We should put back in the earth what we take.  Bear in mind the atmosphere is part of the earth.

[Lesgold]

Just finished emptying out the worm farms yesterday. Ended up with 12 buckets of the good stuff dug into the garden beds. That should get the veggies growing well.

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[gww]

lesgold
Wish I had about 4 dump truck loads of that.
Cheers
gww

[BeeMaster2]

I put about 8 bucket loads like that of aged horse manure into Judy?s garden not only for fertilizer but also to raise it up to keep it from flooding out during heavy rains. It brought it up just enough to stop the flooding.
Jim Altmiller

[Lesgold]

Aged horse manure is good stuff in the garden. Quite often the compost worms get into the manure and do a good job of breaking it down.

[Ben Framed]

Folks, it is getting to be that time of year at my location, so I thought I would give this a bump.

Phillip

[Terri Yaki]

Beware of horse manure unless it's been aged for a few years, it comes with thistles that are impossible to contain.

[Kathyp]

With climate change ... this is an alternative method of final disposition that won?t contribute emissions into our atmosphere,' the bill's author said

This seems wasteful.  If you can use it for compost, why not use it for food and save time?  If we are going down this road we might as well go all the way.  Didn't they make a movie about this?   

I have some choices.  Horse is usually weedy by the time it has been out there a while.  even turned, in our environment I can't keep the weeds out of it.  Goat is great, but chicken stuff tea is my favorite for a quick shot to the plants.  You just have to dilute it a lot so you don't burn things.

[Terri Yaki]

Do you folks out there get mushroom soil?