As far as nutrition, bone meal applied to the bottom of the hole works. I use steer manure. One must be careful to mix it up with the desert soil; otherwise, the material in the hole may be too organic, hold too much water too long, and lead to rot. When read...
kitchen scraps, weeds, dried grass, and then, of course, your pig manure. Use our handycompost calculatorto guide you. Mix everything well and be sure to keep it moist (though not sodden) to start the decomposition action.
Wait to feed eggplants until after they have flowered and set fruit; earlier feeding will only boost leaf growth, not fruit growth. After the fruit set, simply feed eggplants with a side-dressing of aged steer manure or aged compost, or spray them with fish emulsion. Feeding eggplants befo...
Over the course of a couple years, they developed a hot air balloon very similar in design to the ones used today. But instead of using propane, they powered their model by burning straw, manure and other material in an attached fire pit. The sheep, duck and chicken became the first bal...
Turn the soil with a garden spade; turn the soil spade deep (about 12 inches) to aerate the garden and break up clods. Add organic amendments to the planting beds—steer manure, chicken manure, seaweed, kelp, and homemade or commercial compost. Use a garden fork to mix the amendments in...
, however, because, even with a drip-irrigation system, I find that the mounded soil dries out too quickly for the plants’ shallow root systems. I prefer to set trellised plants 18 to 24 inches apart, in a straight line, on level ground that I amend with compost or rotted manure....
Livestock odors can travel a long distance on the wind. Especially manure, muck and blood. When figuring out where to place a chicken coop, pole barn, animal shelter, or manure piles, you need to consider both the prevailing wind and any elevation changes. ...
If you have access to good composted steer, dairy cow, sheep, or poultry manure, you can use a 2” (5cm) layer of composted cow or sheep manure, or a 1” (2.5cm) layer of composted poultry manure, in lieu of the alfalfa meal/feather meal combination. Sheep manure is particularly goo...
What does rhubarb need to grow well? Anywell-drained, moderately fertile garden soilwill do. Mulch around plants in fall with finished compost or well rotted steer manure. Choose a sunny spot. Rhubarb is cold hardy and drought tolerant. ...
Fertilizer: only 5 bags of steer manure but most of them are organic. Water: FREE-FREE-FREE–YES YOU HEAR ME. I have 10- 55 gal rain barrels and have never used public water during summer. Note: There is so much veggie from my garden that I give them to my neighbors and some to...