turning compost and making tea
Your compost piles will cook faster if you turn then occasionally. The point being that fire needs oxygen. Now you don’t want a real flame but you do want it to generate heat. That is what turns it from manure to fertilizer. When it is cooked, it is nearly sterile. No germs. Amazing how God [...]
more on composting
There are all kinds of fancy composting machines out there and you could spend hundreds of dollars on “cooking” you manure. Or you could just do it like we do. We might waste a little but hey, around here manure is something we have plenty of. We simply pile it up in heaps. When the [...]
manure
That is not really a subject most folks like to talk about but for gardens it is essential. Sorry to tell you city folks but it is where fertilizer comes from and part of God’s big plan in the eco-cycle of the grand ole food chain. To have good veggies you have to have manure. [...]
