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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.

composting

Penny — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:31:00 +0000

When composting your manure you can also add in other plant waste products. Other plant waste products would be potatoes peels, fruit peels, egg shells, coffee grounds, and all those thousands of pounds of leaves your youngins raked up and jumped in and re-raked. If you happen to be getting your horse manure from a barn and it has shavings in it then that is all the better. Horse manure mixed with shavings is the best there is. If you don’t have horses I would be happy to sell you one J just kidding. But usually a local barn will give you manure and used shavings. You load.

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.