Today Grayson wanted to go to Toy's R Us and use his birthday money, a gift card plus a coupon to purchase a skate board and helmet to use at the new skate park.
We had to pick up a few things as well, and as high as gas is we try to get done everything we can whenever we go anywhere especially in the Conastoga Wagon of the New Millenium which we drive.
Anyway, while we were in the Bury, our friend Joe called and said he heard I needed horse manure. He has a couple of the beasts that produce such stuff and told us to come on over and pick some up.
We did. Thankfully, Billy and Joe sealed it in bags and taped them shut, but when I got home and opened them they were hot and stinkin.
My grandfather told me to soak it and let turn into Stinky Juice and then put it on my plants.
So with one bag I spread over the ground and with the other, I did as my Grandfather suggested and filled it with water to let it set for a few days and make some Stinky Juice.
We'll experiement and see which one works best.
Thanks Joe! I'll let you know how it goes!
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The picture on the this post has nothing to do with the content thereof, but as I was looking for horses and horse manure, I came upon this one and liked it and decided to post it anyway.
I'm glad Joe got in touch with you and you got your manure.
Be careful using your stinky juice on your vegetables, there is this thing called E Coli that you really need to be careful of. If the manure is fresh as in not composted I'd only use it for root feeding and ornamentals. Don't foliar feed your veggies.
I brew a plant tonic and trust me, it's not as easy as it was in days gone by, we now have the ability to prevent the spread of these things before they get started.
If you need any help just give me a shout.
Donna
Thanks for the reminder Donna!
Would you post your recipe for all to see please?
Wymzie
Ahhhh you want trade secrets ehhhh LOL.
It's simple actually. Compost your manure THEN make the stinky juice. If you want to speed up your compost, put it in black trash bags with grass clippings or dead leaves, a little moisture won't hurt none. Flip the bag every day to turn the compost and keep it aerated. Doing this in a trash can with a lid is really a lot easier, you can roll it around on the ground. Just keep the lid on tight so you don't lose your composting materials.
Once you have compost then just put it in a burlap sack and set it down in a 5 gallon bucket. It only takes a couple of shovels full in a bucket that size. Let it sit a few days until the water is nearly black (strong coffee).
Now if you insist on using the manure as is then you will have to heat your stinky juice to 170 degrees and hold that temp for at least 20 minutes to kill off any bad germies. If you're going to heat your juice, don't do it indoors, that stuff will stink to high heaven. :)
I don't foliar feed anything just because this stuff stinks so bad. Imagine eating lettuce with the aroma of stinky juice. No thanks.
Donna
I thought that it went into the ground and was absorbed pretty quickly. I didn't think that it would be a strong taste in your veggies.
If you apply it to the ground there is no taste. I just don't use it as a leaf feed. In fact I don't use anything for foliar feeding I put everything into the ground.
I don't want to eat poopy veggies. I think the stinky stuff should go to Stockton.
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