[PLUG-TALK] making/faking cheap beer for slugs

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Thu Jun 7 20:27:50 UTC 2012


On 2012-06-07 09:38, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2012, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
>> As a long time vegetable gardener let me give you a tip: chicken 
>> poop. My
>> tomatoes regularly grow to taller than I am, and the chicken poop 
>> seems to
>> encourage flowers more than foliage.
>
>    How long does it take to tomato-bed train a chicken so it poops 
> there?
> Too bad dog poop is not as nitrogen-rich; I've always an abundent 
> supply in
> my back yard.

Not long at all.  Just toss down a little scratch and they'll stay 
there entertained for hours.

We also use wood chips instead of straw for bedding in the hen house.  
What comes out is great for the local soil.

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      Michael Rasmussen
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