Re: Miller in April

Ok- you'all with the poo.  I'd love to have some here.  No truck, no 
chickens, nor horse and certainly not a llama.  Soil amendments are 
EXPENSIVE by the bag.  Trust me!

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:
> That's exactly what I'm talking about.  Not very many people have Llama
> "poo".  And if they do, they don't have as much as I DO...with 12 llamas.
> And the cool thing about llamas....they do their business in one pile.  They
> don't scatter it everywhere.  They go in one place...all the time.  It looks
> like large rabbit pellets.  After awhile, I have a "llama poo mountain" and
> just scoop it up with the front loader on the tractor.  And you can use it
> immediately in a garden because it's not "hot" like cow and horse manure.
> Good stuff man.  I need to come up with a catchy name for my "goods".
> (laughing)
>
>
>
> On 3/27/09, holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>   
>> I guess I was thinking of all the new gardeners...many trying to grow
>> veggies as their grand and great grands did.  I'll bet you could sell it,
>> especially if you could find a way to put it into containers as many don't
>> have access to trucks.  You could even specialize...horse, sheep or chicken
>> and one combination...call it Gardners' Secret Stuff.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
>>>       
>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>     
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Date: 3/27/2009 1:20:04 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Miller in April
>>>
>>> It wasn't so much the idea of manure tea...I expect most gardeners have
>>> heard of it...it was the idea of buying poo in little tea bags for $10.
>>> I think it was a cute marketing idea, taking something you've got way
>>> too much of and making it into a designer commodity, and I laughed
>>> hysterically because at my house we fill up a 1.5 yard dumpster with it
>>> every week and still have it piling up in the corners. It's just funny.
>>> I do forget that not everyone has access to mounds of manure. :-)
>>> Any of you want to pay me $10 for an 8oz bag of poo, just let me know.
>>> I'll even personalize the bag for you. No problem! You can have horse
>>> poo, sheep poo, or chicken poo. I'll even blend it to your
>>> specifications, but that will cost more. For an additional fee I'll send
>>> you a picture of the animal that produced the poo... no wait, I know, we
>>> can set up a sponsorship arrangement whereby you pay for the animals
>>> feed during the year and I will send you ALL the poo it makes!!
>>> ROFL.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>> Behalf Of holmesbm@usit.net
>>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:33 AM
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Miller in April
>>>
>>> Germans have used this method for years, call it "dung water"...makes a
>>> big
>>> difference...I think you might have an opportunity.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> [Original Message]
>>>> From: Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
>>>>         
>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>>       
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Date: 3/26/2009 5:35:22 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Miller in April
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>> Jesse R. Bell
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