On 8/4/09 08:25, in article ,
"Aries" wrote:

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:40:33 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote:

I have an Eglu which has a tray at the bottom which slides out for
cleaning. The booklet suggests once a week and I am wondering whether
I should put the droppings into the compost barrels or can it go
straight onto the earth between plants without scorching?

Judith

I always add chicken manure to compost but not use it until the following
year as when it's fresh it's much too strong.

Or dilute it in a bucket (water butt?) and use it as a liquid feed. As an
aside, a year after we moved our chickens to another patch, we planted
potatoes where they'd been and had a superb crop!

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