#manure

[skyredneck]

#apron #manure #farmer #rubber #workwear #gloved hands

[urban-homesteading]

1. The materials to be composted must be chopped fairly small. 1/2 to 11/2 inches in diameter is ideal.

2. The Carbon to Nitrogen ratio must be correct. 30 parts Carbon to 1 part Nitrogen is the goal. (If you're correctly doing the deep litter method, you've been adding shavings all winter, so the contents of your chicken house floor should contain a LOT of "brown" material-the shavings or straw-and should not be a big caked pile of manure.)

3. Moisture content of the pile must remain around 50%. So not soggy, soppy wet, but definitely not dry either.

4. To create the necessary heat, a minimum mass is required. Dr. Raabe's paper specifies a pile of at least 36x36x36, and he states that if the pile is under 32", this method will not work. I thought this quote was interesting: "High temperatures favor the microorganisms which are the most rapid decomposers; these microorganisms function at about 160 degrees (F) and a good pile will maintain itself at about that temperature."

5. The pile needs to be turned to prevent overheating, and allow for aeration. While many of the resources I've seen about Berkeley-method composting suggest waiting four days after building the pile, then turning it every other day, the author actually suggests turning daily for the most rapid completion of the composting process.

6. Don't keep adding to it! While we might be used to adding to our compost piles daily, it's important not to add to add to this one, since the added materials will be starting the decomposition process from scratch. You want the whole pile to end up as a nice finished product all at one time.

7. If done correctly, your pile will reach high temperatures within 48 hours. If you can reach into the pile two days after building it, and it's not uncomfortably not, then something is off. It's either too wet, too dry, or the pile doesn't contain enough nitrogen ("green" materials). If it's too wet, you can rake it out to dry, then pull the pile back together. If it's too dry, add some water. And if you've realized you erred on the side of too many brown materials, then adding some grass clippings or manure can balance things out and kick the process into gear.

8. The pile shouldn't smell bad. It should be earthy. If you smell ammonia, that's a sign that the pile is too high in nitrogen. It's recommended to add some sawdust to help balance out the C:N ratio. If a pile is too high in nitrogen, it can "burn out" too quickly, before all the materials are thoroughly composted.

#garden #gardening #composting #compost pile #chickens #manure

[alihartwrites]

BREAKING PROTESTORS HAVE A SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR WAR CRIMINAL LLYOD AUSTIN WHO FUNDS WEAPONS SALES TO THE ISRAELI DIAPER FORCES.

In the early morning of March 25, pro-Palestine protestors drop manure at home of Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin.

Lloyd Austin facilitates the sale of weapons to the Zionist regime and is directly responsible for the massacre of the Palestinian people. In protest of Austin's meeting with Gallant today and in opposition to all US aid to Israel, protesters deliver a clear message of what they think of this meeting and Austin's policies: utter BS!

#free palestine #palestine #lloyd austin #protest #Lloyd Austin manure #manure #video #Instagram #free gaza #resistance

[excavatorboys]

#man #gaytwink #gay #sexy #manure #magazine

[gungemastersblog]

Love rat gets coo poop dropped on him by his ex

#manure #funny

[shiftythrifting]

These were from a vintage mall so less in the wild thrift finds but some expecaly strange finds

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #shirts #manure #the joker #oddly personal

[skyredneck]

#rubber #workwear #apron #farmer #gloved hands #farming #manure

[ja-seljak]

#manure #cows #rubber #boots #stable #mist #kuh #melker #bauer #tigar #black

[puroboot20]

Pee and manured over by some cows

#dunlop purofort #dunlop thermo #dunlop #farm #cows #manure

[darkestgungeon]

#male gunge #Manure

[fieriframes]

[You can find friends in manure, sometimes, my son.]

#s14e06 unexpected eats #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #friends #manure #son

[sthrnboot12]

Giddy Up

#boots #cowboy boots #manure #cows #cowboy #trucker #wrangler #crease in the wrangles #turquoise boots #wrangler 13mwz #stud

[acti-veg]

"if people don't farm animals then there won't be any fertiliser that is needed" - Liz Webster. How would you respond to this?

Alternatives to manure do exist. The only reason animal waste is used so univocally in agriculture is because we have so much of it and nowhere to put it - entire degree programs exist on training people how to solve this massive problem. Workers drowning in vast lakes of slurry is far more common than you’d think. as is them flooding and polluting local rivers. In fact waste run off is a huge issue, and is very likely to be responsible for the algae blooms wiping out marine animals.

If agriculture were less intensive and was done in a way that doesn't cause so much harm to soil (perennial plants, rotation of plants in the winter to hold soil quality, diversity of plants, encouraging the presence of insects and birds etc.) then we wouldn't need so much fertilsier. We could grow far more and far less land without animal agriculture, so the need to massively increase output every ten years to cope with rising demand would not be quite so pressing.

Besides, veganic farming (farming without animal inputs) is very much a thing, you can check out the Veganic Agriculture Network for more information on that. Plenty of farmers already do this. Using plants as fertiliser is just as effective as animal manure, and in this way we can make grow food which is completely free from animal inputs - which incidentally is mostly how forests are fertilised, featuring some of the most abundant plant-life on earth.

I'd also recommend checking out George Monbiot's book Regenesis, which is in large part devoted to discussing alternatives to industrial systems and the use of animal waste, without compromising on crop output or efficiency.

#ask #vegan #manure #fertiliser