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garden tea

Penny — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:36:00 +0000

All of this lovely mess will be used initially when we first plant the garden, but we will also keep compost piles going for later. You don’t usually want to put the compost directly on the plants until it is well aged but there is another way to use it that can even work for house plants. Manure tea. Does that sound disgusting or what? Make sure to keep it in an outside dirty bucket so no one gets confused. Ok the recipe. You take a 5 bucket and fill about ¼ full of that lovely aged manure, the results of your compost pile. Then add water, warm water is best, stir well. Let sit for a day or so then use the water to water your plants. It works great!

turning compost and making tea

Penny — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:34:00 +0000

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 creates isn’t it?
Sow how do you turn it? Well if it is layered loosely and it should be you can just lift up some sections with a pitch fork, or you could actually shovel it to a new spot so that the top is now on the bottom.

manure

Penny — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:13:00 +0000

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. Gross I know. But only manure from vegetarian animals. Cow manure is good, rabbit and chicken manure is good but too “hot” meaning high in nitrogen so it must be aged. Horse manure is probably the best there is. It all works well when composted together.