Re: fixing up your soil /weird fertility
When I was in my early twenties I worked for Safeway Stores. I often
worked the dairy section and had access to out of date milk. Some nights
I would bring home as much as 50 gallons. I would pour milk directly on
vegetables I was growing in 2,000 sq feet of bio-dynamic French
intensive raised which I had hand dug to two feet deep. The vegetables
thrived. I never saw any signs of toxicity even with foliar feeding at
full strength.
I would also use milk in my compost piles.
In the winter my compost piles would look like steam boats going down
the Mississippi. Once someone reported a fire at my place. It was the
steam coming off of my compost piles.
I also had access to spilled grain from a local feed mill that had sat
for years and completely composted. Sometimes I had to fight the rats to
get to it but it was worth the effort.
These days I use decomposed wood chips which are a by produce of my line
of work. If you have the room most tree care companies will be glad to
drop you a load at no cost if they are in your area.
Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7
SussexTreeInc@ce.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray W <wie1086@oh.verio.com>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: fixing up your soil
Betsy,
that is my fear with the Alfalfa pellets- the rabbit would be in heaven,
no problem. What would the local "gang" of rascally squirrels do? Or the
slight problem of skunks & moles (I hope-better than voles). Anybody
using alfalfa with comments?
The dog food would be no problem. My dog doesn't care much for her food
in her bowl.
Ray
Betsy Mahtani wrote:
>
> I can certainly see where dog food would add nutrients and humus, but
> I'm afraid it would cause more trouble than it would be worth at my
> house. Our dog eats everythings anyway, and buries a lot of it until
it
> is rotten. He would be in 7th Heaven if I buried it for him!! The
huge
> slugs come up on our back porch to eat his food (killed one just this
> week)--wonder how they would like it served to them?
>
> Makes me think of some years ago when I carefully put bone meal in
each
> hole before inserting the tulip bulbs. I marked them so distinctly,
the
> bird dog didn't miss one!
>
> Betsy
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