Mike wrote:
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Mike wrote:


Jim Ledford wrote:

Mike wrote:

Jim Ledford wrote:

Mike wrote:

Srgnt Billko wrote:

synergy3000 wrote:

I moved into a new house which was built on old farm land. The
dirt

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I'm not sure who the NCDACS is,

North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services



but where I live the MOE recomends chicken
poop as a good alternative to synthetic fertalizers.

synthetic fertilizers suck and for the sake of
the environment ought to be banned.

They do suck a lot. Most customers request it since it provides the best
results, however we atleast usea 50% organic/synthetic mix, which is a
little better. And for our organic customers they get chicken poop with
acedic acid/yucca for weed control.



You know, if you do like I do, and every time you cut the grass, just
pile it all in a wheelbarrow, roll it 'round back & put it on the
compost pile, you don't ever have to buy chemical fertilizers.

Does help to use a pitch-fork and turn the pile once in a while. That's
a good time to add in the vegetable scraps, coffee grounds & egg shells.

About once a year, I run it through a chipper/shredder & move it over to
the second pile. That's also a good time for cleaning up any volunteer
shrubbery & walnut trees and shred them into the second pile as well.
Anything 1/2" or more gets cut up for kindlin'

Second pile's also goes thru the shredder (with the fine screen) & gets
moved to the third pile.

To me, the third pile looks just like the topsoil they sell in bags at
Lowes or Home Depot.

Plus you never gotta' buy bait. There's plenty of worms in there if ya'
wanna' go fishin'.


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These are my views. If you've got a problem with it, you can blame it on
me, but this is what I think. I am not the official spokes-person for
any Government, Commercial or Educational institution.

John