Hi Jim

Jim Lewis wrote:

SNIP
Use manure via the compost pile or by making "manure tea."

Rodale give this formula for manure tea:

Place one or two shovelfuls of raw manure into permeable bag
(the finer the weave the better). Burlap is good. Tie the bag
closed and place in a barrel or other large container filled
with water. Steep for about a week (2 weeks is OK).

Use full strength as a fertilizer applied alone, like every 2
weeks or so). Or, dilute it and use it when you water your
trees.
$ what a mess what a stink ...
I use rotten egg shells with or 1 albumen albumen mixed in 2
gallons of water

When the mix is mature after two weeks of rottening ,stinks a lot ,
has to be diluted in I dulite 1:10 and give water is excellent

Here's a table (again courtesy of Rodale) showing the NPK
analysis (percentages) of "typical" manures.

Chicken 1.1 - 0.8 - 0.5
this is the very best one to avoid long internodes

Cow 0.6 - 0.2 - 0.5
Duck 0.6 - 1.4 - 0.5
Horse 0.7 - 0.3 - 0.6
Pig 0.5 - 0.3 - 0.5
Rabbit 2.4 - 1.4 - 0.6
Sheep 0.7 - 0.3 - 0.9
Steer 0.7 - 0.3 - 0.4

I have no idea why "steer" is different from "cow" (fertilizer-
wise, I mean.) ;-)

Steer stomach contains more acidity and was in old time used to

make cheese fermantion and was taken from Steers ..


nothing is wasted in nature all is recicled for the next chain and
theh wheel turns

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