Re: Miller in April

Exactly.  I have actually had people stop and ASK me about my farm animals
and if I composted the manure.  They would be interested in buying some for
their gardens.  So - I'm saving up for a composter that works fairly fast
and my husband is building me a three sided, cinder-block containter to dump
it in when it's "done".  He has a front end loader/scoop on his tracter and
he can scoop it up and dump it in the back of a pick-up bed for me.  I'm
serious about starting it up.
In the past, I just scooped up what I needed for my small compost area...the
one that the chickens discovered and removed by scratching it all out.  Have
to find a way to keep my chickens out of it!!!



On 3/26/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>
> On second thought, it could be a really good idea. Not many people, me
> included, have access to manure from herbivores.
>
> On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:49 PM, james singer wrote:
>
> Agreed. That's funny... except with all the sudden interest in container
>> gardening on condo balconies and such, it might work.
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
>> wrote:
>>
>> I remembered something funny, don't know if I mentioned this before or
>>> not...you all know I have that website with the gardening catalogs
>>> right? So a couple months or so ago I got an email from a nice person
>>> asking for her company to be listed. She sells manure...packaged in 8 oz
>>> bags...to make "manure tea" with. For like $10. There's even gift packs.
>>> And it's from her own animals!
>>> I shouldn't make fun or anything because, sheesh, go for it if you can
>>> get it...but I did laugh. I'd be a millionaire if I could sell all the
>>> poop at my place.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:14 PM
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Miller in April
>>>
>>> Hmm.  Well...I have LOTS of the fresh dung at my place!  Take your
>>> pick...horse, cow, llama, chicken, goat....as soon as I can save up for
>>> one
>>> of those "speedy" composters, I'm gonna stick a sign out front that says
>>> "compost for sale" right next to my "Chicken Eggs/ $3.00 a dozen".  LOL.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/26/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Couple of interesting entries for April in Miller's 18th century
>>>> "Gardener's Kalendar."
>>>>
>>>> Planting melons. He says to make a small mound of fresh dung [he
>>>>
>>> doesn't
>>>
>>>> say what kind but for some reason I think horse], cover the dung with
>>>>
>>> a foot
>>>
>>>> of loam, plant the seeds on top, and cover the planting with a bell
>>>>
>>> jar. The
>>>
>>>> dung, he says, will heat up the soil, which will stimulate germination
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>> root growth; the bell jar will keep cold winds at bay. As the plants
>>>> develop, he says, add a ring of fresh dung covered by loam around the
>>>>
>>> hill
>>>
>>>> to encourage the roots to grow outward to support large vines.
>>>>
>>>> Insects. He says if you have insects in your orchard trees wash them
>>>>
>>> out
>>>
>>>> with an infusion made with tobacco stalks. [Earliest pesticide
>>>> recommendation I know of. And they were still using nicotine in the
>>>> mid-1900s--200 years later.]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Inland Jim
>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
>>>>
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>>>
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>> Inland Jim
>> Willamette Valley
>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>> Elevation 148'
>> 39.9" Precipitation
>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>> Heat Zone 5
>> Sunset Zone 6
>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
>>
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> Elevation 148'
> 39.9" Precipitation
> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> Heat Zone 5
> Sunset Zone 6
> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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