Good afternoon ,does anyone know of a dairy farm in the leeds area who
would let us collect some cow manure,i want to try a method of using i
heard about where you fill a hessian sack and dump it in a barrel for
a week and use the liquid as a tomato feed,dairy farms around leeds
seem to be fewer and fewer these days,tia

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:33:01 -0700 (PDT), bob
gently dipped his quill in the best Quink
that money could buy:

Good afternoon ,does anyone know of a dairy farm in the leeds area who
would let us collect some cow manure,i want to try a method of using i
heard about where you fill a hessian sack and dump it in a barrel for
a week and use the liquid as a tomato feed,dairy farms around leeds
seem to be fewer and fewer these days,tia

The modern dairy farms produce very little quality manure but could
fill the London Underground with slurry !
Look for a farm that housed beef cattle over the winter, indoors.
Ask local butcher ?
To be honest, there is a plethora of "feeds" for tomatoes which would
be better.

Mike P the 1st

"bob" wrote in message
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Good afternoon ,does anyone know of a dairy farm in the leeds area who
would let us collect some cow manure,i want to try a method of using i
heard about where you fill a hessian sack and dump it in a barrel for
a week and use the liquid as a tomato feed,dairy farms around leeds
seem to be fewer and fewer these days,tia

Drive out into the countryside until you see some cows or sheep in a field
(sheep muck works just as well) park your car, nip over the fence and
collect it from the ground.
I well remember as a child our Sunday afternoon trip out in the car with my
grandfather to collect sheep droppings for exactly this purpose. You do
have to dilute the resulting *tea* though, and it's better started when the
weather is a bit warmer. Oh and it takes more than a week of dunking to get
it brewing to the correct stinkiness.
TBH, I've never known it done with cow pats but hey, why not try?

Tina

Any manure should do the job. I can get cow manure and alpaca manure delivered, or walk on to some common land and collect sheep manure, but l'm quite happy to use dried chicken manure. It's not as heavy to carry and you can use as much or as little as you want.

Bigal

Is that allowed?

"Stu Suds" wrote in message
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Bigal;881413 Wrote:
... or walk on to some common land and collect sheep manure

Bigal

Is that allowed?

Yes, of course it is. Who will stop you? The sheep manure police?? g
If there were any sheep manure police my grandfather would have been in
prison.
Tina

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:29:06 -0000, "Christina Websell"
gently dipped his quill in the best
Quink that money could buy:


"Stu Suds" wrote in message
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Bigal;881413 Wrote:
... or walk on to some common land and collect sheep manure

Bigal

Is that allowed?

Yes, of course it is. Who will stop you? The sheep manure police?? g
If there were any sheep manure police my grandfather would have been in
prison.
Tina



Just another two penny worth.
In my past dealings with sheep, it was obvious that they were put on
this earth to die at every opportunity. If they did not get eaten by
maggots at their rear ends, get a massive dose of mastitis, suffer
foot rot or lung worm, they would endevour to roll onto their backs to
die slowly. It was a continuous routine of worming elixirs and
antibotics. No chance of organic poo these days :-)


Mike P the 1st

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-03-27 17:29:06 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:


"Stu Suds" wrote in message
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Bigal;881413 Wrote:
... or walk on to some common land and collect sheep manure

Bigal

Is that allowed?

Yes, of course it is. Who will stop you? The sheep manure police?? g
If there were any sheep manure police my grandfather would have been in
prison.
Tina

But he lived in more sensible times. I am telling you the sober truth
when I say that a Devon woman got into some kind of trouble for allowing
her dog to take home a stick it had picked up in some privately owned
woodland. Honestly.

This is stupid.
However if you go out into the countryside to pick up sheep muck or a cow
pat to make liquid manure it's unlikely you''ll get arrested. -
Unless.. there are manure police watching for this very thing, if so you are
in real trouble.

"bob" wrote in message
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Good afternoon ,does anyone know of a dairy farm in the leeds area who
would let us collect some cow manure,i want to try a method of using i
heard about where you fill a hessian sack and dump it in a barrel for
a week and use the liquid as a tomato feed,dairy farms around leeds
seem to be fewer and fewer these days,tia

Animal manures can give your plants big problems if the animals have been
grazing where weedkiller has been applied.

You'd be better off growing your own comfrey, cutting the leaves and putting
them in a bucket of water. When the slurry gets really stinky it's ready to
dilute and use.

someone

"someone" wrote in message
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"bob" wrote in message
...
Good afternoon ,does anyone know of a dairy farm in the leeds area who
would let us collect some cow manure,i want to try a method of using i
heard about where you fill a hessian sack and dump it in a barrel for
a week and use the liquid as a tomato feed,dairy farms around leeds
seem to be fewer and fewer these days,tia

Animal manures can give your plants big problems if the animals have been
grazing where weedkiller has been applied.

You'd be better off growing your own comfrey, cutting the leaves and
putting them in a bucket of water. When the slurry gets really stinky
it's ready to dilute and use.

If you are wary of animal manure to make this delicious brew, you can also
use nettles if you haven't any comfrey.
But..you do have to wait until it stinks the place out whatever you use..

Tina

Christina Websell wrote:
"someone" wrote in message
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"bob" wrote in message
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If you are wary of animal manure to make this delicious brew, you can
also use nettles if you haven't any comfrey.
But..you do have to wait until it stinks the place out whatever you
use..
Tina

Yep, I make comfrey and nettle fertilizer. Just make sure it's diluted
--

Pete C
London. UK.