Re: Potato starch and black pepper now manure

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lol... I got plenty of them and cow manure... along with chicken, sheep and donkey...rofl"oldglory@..." <oldglory@...> wrote:

Hi Granny Lee,After you tell them what compost tea is, perhaps they would come my way and rake up some goat pellets for FREE! :)Baugh*************

Whew/ ok.. you gonna share it with us herbbie gardeners..Suzileo <leo@...> wrote:

FOR THE GARDEN.. better than Miracle Grow. it is a very old and honored method of organic gardening.granny lee

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i used to do mine a bit differently, but here is a recipe i found on the net. can't can't find address... think some one from the gardening list sent it, so since it is a pretty good way for small amounts..

"Compost Tea ..1 2 3

Compost tea is easily made by soaking or steeping compost in water. The resulting compost tea is used for either a foliar application (sprayed on the leaves) or applied to the soil.

We all know that compost is a wonderful addition to soil and helps our gardens grow better. You and your garden plants can benefit even more by using compost tea.

By using compost tea to replace chemical-based fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides, you can garden safer and be more protective of the environment.

Compost tea:

Increases plant growth

Provides nutrients to plants and soil

Provides beneficial organisms

Helps to supress diseases

Replaces toxic garden chemicals

Supplies needed:

2 - 5 gallon buckets that have been aireated to allow the chlorine to evaporate.

1 gallon mature compost

1 aquarium pump

1 gang valve (to divide the air supply into several streams)

4 gallons of water

3 feet + of aquarium hose

unsulfured molasses

Attach 3 separate pieces of hose at least 12"long to the gang valve.Place the gang valve onto the bucket and make sure the hoses reach the bottom of the bucket.

Add finished compost and make sure the ends of the hoses are covered with the compost.

Add the water, filling the bucket to within 6 inches of the top.

Add 1 ounce of the molasses to provide a food source for the beneficial microorganisms.

Turn on the aquarium pump and let the mixture brew for 2 or 3 days. Stir the brew occasionally to help mix the compost and seperate the microorganisms from the solid compost particles.

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you use the second bucket to put the finished product and then add stuff back to the first bucket.

before i moved here i used a 55 gallon drum with a lid that wasn't kept on it, just set over part of it as may have to use it if heavy rains start running the barrell over. It sat next to a small shed where rain water went into it. made a float with a piece of styrofoam and tied a long piece of 1/4 inch plastic tubing (like used in aquariums) with a piece of window screen around it to keep particles from going into the tubing. this is for syphoning water from the drum. Also taped a piece of window screening over it to keep out mosquitoes.

to start it i filled with water and let it set for several days, put a bottle of fish emulsion in it and gradually during the months/years added cow pods, or horse apples, small amounts of fish wasts, apple, potatoe peelings, bits of composted manure, egg shells, bits of almost athing orgaicother than meats (did use fish parts).

I did not use an airiator and it did not go foul. I used it to water the plants in the solarium by syphoning it into the solarium, the tubing being long enough to reach most plants in the 40 ft by 14 foot area. also used it by watering can for selected plants in herb/flower garden.

NOW.. this thing has to have air, so do not put the lid on it. My neighbor borrowed a ladder ad tough he had knocked the lid off so thinking to crrect the 'error' put the lid on and THEN i had foulwater for wuite a while until i got it balanced again!!! talk about stinky! whewie!!!!!

i am currently using the 5 gallon method with the airpump and cow manure in a gunny sack and a screen over it but the screen doesn't fit, so got mosquito larvae (wiggle tails) but got some "dunk" and it seems to have taken care of the wiggle tails. Also use the "dunk' in the bird bath fountain. need to check that tomorrow to see if it is working OK.

hope this helps.

granny lee

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From: Suzanne

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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:37 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Potato starch and black pepper now manure

Whew/ ok.. you gonna share it with us herbbie gardeners..

Suzi

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wish you were closer! bet they would make good tea! why are you not using them in your garden? compost them along with your leaves and grass. My children ask me what i wat for my birthday and i told them manure so heheheheh...i get Shi_ from my kids!!! two of them raise cattle so those two have it available, but i don't like to bother them with it and don't have a way to haul it myself, so this saves them money and they knows what i likes! LOL!!!

you ought to put a sign up... seriously! or better yet, find you a place to put it, when you mow, the leaves in the fall after they are shredded, put that on it, run the plow through it to turn it ever so often, and sell that stuff! You would be doing the world a favor! The older it is the better it is.

granny lee

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From: oldglory@... After you tell them what compost tea is, perhaps they would come my way and rake up some goat pellets for FREE! :)Baugh