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Oddcaliber
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#51 Politicians. Because they are full of s#%t!
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I already have free fertilizer with my goats and cows, but in the past we have been able to get trailers loads of horse manure for free to dump into the compost pile. You just need to find a local source. We found our on a local Classified ad site.
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otherwise known as Manure and Compost.
Oh, I was so focused on the free manure I'll have from our pasture lease for 12 cows, and setting up the coop for some chickens, I completely forgot about the horse manure from a 28 y.o. horse that was also grazing on the place until some months back. Since we wanted to be 'neighborly' new neighbors, we let them graze it for free since it WAS our former owner's daughter AND having a dog, I thought some free Vet services might be handy one day. Interesting side note. The cow farmer, at lease signing, wanted us to get "that horse" removed because he'd had one kill a calf before when frightened. Our veterinarian neighbor said she'd work it out with John (cattle owner) because she KNEW him very well.
But what is so interesting in light of current world events, is they just recently removed the horse and his water trough down to their own place (without saying a word to us) and also finally fenced a damaged gate they own between our properties the horse could roam through at will. He may be hardening his BOL for "coming attractions" like all of us are. Maybe they just want to separate themselves from those "out-of-towners" they don't really know all that well.
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We were going to just offer to fix the gate ourselves because we'd not asked them yet if they owned it or did we? They beat us to the punch.
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It's from the grow network. Do a search there.
Arcticdude
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Every spring I use a pasture drag to spread out the years worth of cow manure on the fields around here. Due to the topography of our property I'm only able to drag about 60 acres. It helps with the new grass, plus cows don't like to graze where there's too much manure. A couple days ago I cleaned out the small corral and got about a dump truck load of cow manure. That will be used on the garden and orchard.
We generate enough cow manure here to meet our needs. We use the wood shavings out of the chicken coop to put around the fruit trees and berry plants.
We generate enough cow manure here to meet our needs. We use the wood shavings out of the chicken coop to put around the fruit trees and berry plants.
I hear if you can lock a politician in a greenhouse you don't need to heat it or have CO2 as they are full of hot air too.
DirtDiva
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Steve Solomon is a knowledgeable gardener. He has written several garden books, and started the Territorial Seed Company in 1979 when he was 37 years old. Seven years later, he sold the business but he continues to garden and grow a large portion of the food he eats. He has been growing most of his family’s food for over 35 years.
Many years ago, he formulated a recipe for a wonderful organic fertilizer. The recipe used to be in the Territorial Seed Catalog before they began mixing and selling their own fertilizer. It is good for all plants, and will make you plants thrive. One should apply 4-6 quarts of this fertilizer per 100 square feet.
I’ve used this recipe for many years.
Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) Recipe
Mix uniformly, in parts by volume:
4 parts seed meal
1/4 part ordinary agricultural lime, best finely ground
1/4 part gypsum (or double the agricultural lime)
1/2 part dolomite lime
Plus, for best results:
1 part bone meal, rock phosphate or high-phosphate guano
1/2 to 1 part kelp meal (or 1 part basalt dust)
If you’re concerned about the amount of lime in this recipe (as I was) read Mr. Solomon’s explanation below. I’ve read forums that discuss this recipe, and experts agree with what he says here.
“You may have read that the acidity or pH of soil should be corrected by liming. I suggest that you forget about pH. Liming to adjust soil pH may be useful in large-scale farming, but is not of concern in an organic garden. In fact, the whole concept of soil pH is controversial. ”
In Steve Solomon’s latest book The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient Dense Food he has updated his COF recipe to include many more ingredients and options, but he has also provided an easy option on page 82.
To make enough complete organic fertilizer to generously cover 100 square feet, mix:
3 quarts oil seed meal such as soybean meal, cottonseed meal or canola seed meal or 1 1/2 quarts feather meal or fish meal (smelly)
or, the very best combination is probably 2 quarts oil seed meal, 1 pint feather meal and 1 pint fish meal
Add:
1 quart soft or colloidal rock phosphate (the best choice by far) or bone meal
1 quart kelp meal and/or 1 pint Azomite (for trace minerals) (And/or apply liquid kelp every 2 weeks as a foliar throughout the season.)
Add lime: choose one of these two options:
If you garden where the land originally grew a forest, add these two:
1 pint agricultural limestone, 100# (fine grind) and
1 pint agricultural gypsum;
or if you garden where the land originally grew prairie grass or is a desert add:
1 quart agricultural gypsum
If you do not live in Cascadia, add 1/3 cup potassium sulfate.
The following last four items are optional:
1 teaspoon laundry borax or a smaller quantity of Solubor (1/2 gm actual boron)
1 1/2 teaspoons zinc sulfate
2 teaspoons manganese sulfate
1 teaspoon copper sulfate
Mix all ingredients are very thoroughly before spreading.
Many years ago, he formulated a recipe for a wonderful organic fertilizer. The recipe used to be in the Territorial Seed Catalog before they began mixing and selling their own fertilizer. It is good for all plants, and will make you plants thrive. One should apply 4-6 quarts of this fertilizer per 100 square feet.
I’ve used this recipe for many years.
Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) Recipe
Mix uniformly, in parts by volume:
4 parts seed meal
1/4 part ordinary agricultural lime, best finely ground
1/4 part gypsum (or double the agricultural lime)
1/2 part dolomite lime
Plus, for best results:
1 part bone meal, rock phosphate or high-phosphate guano
1/2 to 1 part kelp meal (or 1 part basalt dust)
If you’re concerned about the amount of lime in this recipe (as I was) read Mr. Solomon’s explanation below. I’ve read forums that discuss this recipe, and experts agree with what he says here.
“You may have read that the acidity or pH of soil should be corrected by liming. I suggest that you forget about pH. Liming to adjust soil pH may be useful in large-scale farming, but is not of concern in an organic garden. In fact, the whole concept of soil pH is controversial. ”
In Steve Solomon’s latest book The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient Dense Food he has updated his COF recipe to include many more ingredients and options, but he has also provided an easy option on page 82.
To make enough complete organic fertilizer to generously cover 100 square feet, mix:
3 quarts oil seed meal such as soybean meal, cottonseed meal or canola seed meal or 1 1/2 quarts feather meal or fish meal (smelly)
or, the very best combination is probably 2 quarts oil seed meal, 1 pint feather meal and 1 pint fish meal
Add:
1 quart soft or colloidal rock phosphate (the best choice by far) or bone meal
1 quart kelp meal and/or 1 pint Azomite (for trace minerals) (And/or apply liquid kelp every 2 weeks as a foliar throughout the season.)
Add lime: choose one of these two options:
If you garden where the land originally grew a forest, add these two:
1 pint agricultural limestone, 100# (fine grind) and
1 pint agricultural gypsum;
or if you garden where the land originally grew prairie grass or is a desert add:
1 quart agricultural gypsum
If you do not live in Cascadia, add 1/3 cup potassium sulfate.
The following last four items are optional:
1 teaspoon laundry borax or a smaller quantity of Solubor (1/2 gm actual boron)
1 1/2 teaspoons zinc sulfate
2 teaspoons manganese sulfate
1 teaspoon copper sulfate
Mix all ingredients are very thoroughly before spreading.
You can use your own urine, dilute it 10 to 1 with water, that's 10 parts water to 1 part Human urine.
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normal here is 5-1.
Human Urine As Fertilizer
Great information, in particular which plants thrive in it.
Also be aware that human manure can be used on vegetables after it has aged one year. See: Free Human Manure Condensed Manual
Great information, in particular which plants thrive in it.
Also be aware that human manure can be used on vegetables after it has aged one year. See: Free Human Manure Condensed Manual
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