Lived in Taiwan for a while. They have been using humanure for centuries. Biggest tangerines i have ever seen. size of grapefruits. You can get Masanobu Fukuoka's book Natural Farming on line for free. Good job! I can't get my 'BLACK THUMB' to grow! :^( Shalom.
@ElShadaiLives. In my thinking.. Humanure is something that cannot continue to be a squandered resource if humans plan on living on this planet much longer. Thanks for the tip on the Fukuoka book.. i love his perspective
I have a rancher who offered to dump a large load of manure into my yard. I am looking for a good source of compost and raised bed mix for my give a garden project. I don't know enough about how long manure needs to cook before it's really usable. I think there is a huge market here for agood compost/potting mix. Do you know of any additional sources of rabbit waste or rice hulls in the area?
@QuickGardens I dont know sources other than horse manure and city tree trimmings mulch. Woody tree trimmings breakdown great, are free.. just take alittle longer to compost. Plus they dont have the worries linked to manure. Call a local pet store (that has rabbits) and see if they will give you the phone number of the rabbit breeder they use. There is a listing on all Florida rabbit breeders online somewhere but i haven't saved the link. Google it. Tree trimmers are great too.
Horse manure can be used without composting. The down side of not composting is that you many end up more seeds in your garden. If you don't get your compost to heat up enough, you'll end up with seeds that way, too. Chicken manure has to be composted otherwise it will burn your plants (too high in nitrogen, I think). Not sure on cow manure. Also on horse manure, check with the people where you get yours because you shouldn't use the manure after the horses have been wormed.
You have to wait so many days after the horses have been wormed depending on what they use before it's safe to use the manure in the garden regardless of composting or not.
Thanks. I have a much larger 4 bin system now. I do prefer to compost the horse manure for a few months before using it on vegetables. I do use it uncomposted, under mulch around fruit trees. The plus side to composting it seems to be tha then i know its worm safe.. because i see worms in the composted manure. I add our chicken manure & thier bedding to the food scrape/garden waste/leaf mold pile
yeah thats why i left Minnesota. Its 70 and pouring rain here at the moment. I dont know what the music is.. My wife is a massage therapists and i think its from her collection.. sorry
I would be careful about using woodchips. We used them a few times but the chemicals often leach out of them and poison the plants, so now we do not use them any more. Basically, we compost and use this as mulch where required.
hey in the video, your compost pile is in the shade!!!! Move it to the sun and it will heat up faster, every time keep adding water to it... so it dont dry out, dont soak it.
been doing the humanure thing for 2 months, no odor whatsoever if you follow the jenkins approach. You should definitely add composted horse manure to your veggie garden... the music is a nice touch
Coastal hay...is that salt marsh hay? I can only get alfalfa hay here so that won't work for mulch unless it is well rotted (to kill the alfalfa seeds)
You are so lucky! I wish I could get that kind of hay you have where I live.
Milorganite is an excellent natural fertilizer. Created from human waste. It doesn't burn plants and has no offending odor. It looks like small black bb's. Rabbits also offer excellent fertilizer that can be used as soon as the rabbits "produce" it. Use sparingly if it is fresh. Plus you can eat the rabbits =)
I use Milorganite to make a great manure tea. I keep a rusty nail in my tea bucket at all times for extra iron for my plants.
Do as you will but why bother with humanure when there is so much free organic material available. Let me give you a word of caution with the use of hay and or cow manure. They are great but be sure to check that the hay was not sprayed with an herbicide like Picloram because it may leach to your garden and kill any broad leaf plants. If the cows ate hay sprayed with it the manure may still contain enough of it to do the same.
All that you need for an outdoor toilet is a small shed, with excellent ventilation - a whirley bird or something similar. Then you get a series of seal-able big buckets and a toilet seat & combine. Ideally, you will have something like wooddust to add to soak up the extra liquid & a microbial innoculant to add to 'eat' the bad bacteria. Later you can also have worms compost it to ensure that all the bad bacteria are gone. You should start! I don't think that the ones that require elec are good.
Horse manure is great except that it has lots of undigested weed seeds, which will mean more weeds in your garden. Comp[osting pretty much kills most of those seeds if you let it cook. Never use human manure. Even after it's composted it can retain pathogens that can make you ungodly sick or kill you. Stick with compost or animal manure. Chicken manure great.
well i mention "humanure" briefly, its very well working concept of recycling human "waste" back into useable and nourishing compost.. just like nature does with the rest on the entire planets creatures. Its hard to imagine at first.. but it just makes so much common sense that i hope its used with all excrement some day at a local level or city wide.
Lived in Taiwan for a while. They have been using humanure for centuries. Biggest tangerines i have ever seen. size of grapefruits. You can get Masanobu Fukuoka's book Natural Farming on line for free. Good job! I can't get my 'BLACK THUMB' to grow! :^( Shalom.
ElShadaiLives 1 year ago
@ElShadaiLives. In my thinking.. Humanure is something that cannot continue to be a squandered resource if humans plan on living on this planet much longer. Thanks for the tip on the Fukuoka book.. i love his perspective
UrbanHomesteadFL 1 year ago
@UrbanHomesteadFL Your welcome.
As soon as I think of her name I'll let you know of another that was friends of his. Great lady.
ElShadaiLives 1 year ago
I have a rancher who offered to dump a large load of manure into my yard. I am looking for a good source of compost and raised bed mix for my give a garden project. I don't know enough about how long manure needs to cook before it's really usable. I think there is a huge market here for agood compost/potting mix. Do you know of any additional sources of rabbit waste or rice hulls in the area?
QuickGardens 1 year ago
@QuickGardens I dont know sources other than horse manure and city tree trimmings mulch. Woody tree trimmings breakdown great, are free.. just take alittle longer to compost. Plus they dont have the worries linked to manure. Call a local pet store (that has rabbits) and see if they will give you the phone number of the rabbit breeder they use. There is a listing on all Florida rabbit breeders online somewhere but i haven't saved the link. Google it. Tree trimmers are great too.
UrbanHomesteadFL 1 year ago
You always play such awesome music. almost lulled me to sleep. Love it!
rosuabsc 2 years ago
Horse manure can be used without composting. The down side of not composting is that you many end up more seeds in your garden. If you don't get your compost to heat up enough, you'll end up with seeds that way, too. Chicken manure has to be composted otherwise it will burn your plants (too high in nitrogen, I think). Not sure on cow manure. Also on horse manure, check with the people where you get yours because you shouldn't use the manure after the horses have been wormed.
VivianRinSC 2 years ago
You have to wait so many days after the horses have been wormed depending on what they use before it's safe to use the manure in the garden regardless of composting or not.
VivianRinSC 2 years ago
Thanks. I have a much larger 4 bin system now. I do prefer to compost the horse manure for a few months before using it on vegetables. I do use it uncomposted, under mulch around fruit trees. The plus side to composting it seems to be tha then i know its worm safe.. because i see worms in the composted manure. I add our chicken manure & thier bedding to the food scrape/garden waste/leaf mold pile
UrbanHomesteadFL 2 years ago
please ask her what cd it is and maby where she bought it,thanks
rotoclip 2 years ago
cool project you've got going here. what's the name of the music in the background very relaxing. 22 degrees here in northern wis tonight.
rotoclip 2 years ago
yeah thats why i left Minnesota. Its 70 and pouring rain here at the moment. I dont know what the music is.. My wife is a massage therapists and i think its from her collection.. sorry
UrbanHomesteadFL 2 years ago
I would be careful about using woodchips. We used them a few times but the chemicals often leach out of them and poison the plants, so now we do not use them any more. Basically, we compost and use this as mulch where required.
ivankinsman 2 years ago
hey in the video, your compost pile is in the shade!!!! Move it to the sun and it will heat up faster, every time keep adding water to it... so it dont dry out, dont soak it.
Gangsterc14 2 years ago
been doing the humanure thing for 2 months, no odor whatsoever if you follow the jenkins approach. You should definitely add composted horse manure to your veggie garden... the music is a nice touch
1too3fore 2 years ago
Coastal hay...is that salt marsh hay? I can only get alfalfa hay here so that won't work for mulch unless it is well rotted (to kill the alfalfa seeds)
You are so lucky! I wish I could get that kind of hay you have where I live.
EbolaV1rus 3 years ago
Milorganite is an excellent natural fertilizer. Created from human waste. It doesn't burn plants and has no offending odor. It looks like small black bb's. Rabbits also offer excellent fertilizer that can be used as soon as the rabbits "produce" it. Use sparingly if it is fresh. Plus you can eat the rabbits =)
I use Milorganite to make a great manure tea. I keep a rusty nail in my tea bucket at all times for extra iron for my plants.
EbolaV1rus 3 years ago
Thanks, I have seen milogranite.. i will look into it. I do not endorse the eating of rabbits, or any other living creatures...
UrbanHomesteadFL 3 years ago
Do as you will but why bother with humanure when there is so much free organic material available. Let me give you a word of caution with the use of hay and or cow manure. They are great but be sure to check that the hay was not sprayed with an herbicide like Picloram because it may leach to your garden and kill any broad leaf plants. If the cows ate hay sprayed with it the manure may still contain enough of it to do the same.
BentOnAcid 3 years ago
All that you need for an outdoor toilet is a small shed, with excellent ventilation - a whirley bird or something similar. Then you get a series of seal-able big buckets and a toilet seat & combine. Ideally, you will have something like wooddust to add to soak up the extra liquid & a microbial innoculant to add to 'eat' the bad bacteria. Later you can also have worms compost it to ensure that all the bad bacteria are gone. You should start! I don't think that the ones that require elec are good.
Noz7777 3 years ago
Horse manure is great except that it has lots of undigested weed seeds, which will mean more weeds in your garden. Comp[osting pretty much kills most of those seeds if you let it cook. Never use human manure. Even after it's composted it can retain pathogens that can make you ungodly sick or kill you. Stick with compost or animal manure. Chicken manure great.
Great garden btw. Loved the video. :)
Praxxus55712 3 years ago
goat/rabbit manure is the best. It does not stink at all. Cow manure is better than horse at first because it has been digested more.
Peachbottom7 3 years ago
I prefer chicken manure. It's higher in nitrogen and I also get eggs as a sie product. Rabbits only lay eggs at Easter. :)
Praxxus55712 3 years ago
woot this video is about horse poo
Scorpiozhan 3 years ago
well i mention "humanure" briefly, its very well working concept of recycling human "waste" back into useable and nourishing compost.. just like nature does with the rest on the entire planets creatures. Its hard to imagine at first.. but it just makes so much common sense that i hope its used with all excrement some day at a local level or city wide.
UrbanHomesteadFL 3 years ago
humanure? is that recyceling human waste? i know urin is high in nitrogen ...
mywootgarden 3 years ago