On 8/4/09 09:47, in article
, "Judith in
France" wrote:

On Apr 8, 9:35*am, Sacha wrote:
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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Goodness, I wonder if I could do that and water all my pots and
hanging baskets with that eventually?

Judith

Keep it well diluted and your plants will be bursting out of their
containers. ;-)
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