Oh Crap!

“I've tilled my garden spot back and forth about five to six times after the initial plowing. Next is to try and rake out the grass clumps that just wouldn't break up. The soil looks as if it could use a little help and I'm not into chemical fertilizers. Anyone have information on the benefit of one type of animal manure over another. I know a little, but you guys seem well versed in the area of spreading manure so to speak.”

“I use liquid fish fertilizer. You mix it in one of those hose sprayer/spreaders and just hose the whole area down. Your yard smells like a bad strip club for a while but it works awesome.”

“Hmmm, one more reason to go fishing...”

“Do you want to use your garden to grow vegetable? With animal manure there is a possibility you might get parasites into your soil.”

“back on the farm we always used a 50/50 mix of chicken s%^t and sawdust, always had a great garden. Pure chicken manure is too rich in nitrogen to use by itself.”

“Aged manure is much better than fresh. It has had a chance for the uric acid to dissipate and calm down some. Fresh manure, particularly bovine is very acidic and will burn crops. So get the composted stuff. The other thing about animal manure is unless it is commercially treated and sterilized it can introduce a bizzilion weeds seeds into the soil. Producing a bumper crop of all sorts of weed species. This is particularly true of horse manure and other animals that eat seed grains that are not well dried.

One of the best results I have seen is from rabbits. They produce huge quantities of droppings which are usually quite dry, so low uric acid content and it breaks down easily into the soil.
Goat poo is good too from what I understand.”

“Up here it's chicken poo and rotted sheep and goat poo.

Organic farming is very hot in my area right now.”

“I have access to llama poo, which is supposed to be very good. The only problem is the llamas don't seem to poop in sufficient quantities to make driving that distance worthwhile. I guess I could use my bike and put it in my backpack (not really).”

“You were right, these people know a lot about s**t.”

“and you, of course, know #&%!$ about a lot:)”

“Pretty much.”

“Anybody see that program Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel? They showed how they grow mushrooms on a mushroom farm. They use large quantities of organic matter from horse farms that had been soaked in urine. After it's composted the urea produces what mushrooms need to grow quickly.”

“Sheesh, the crap you learn on TT!”

“Well, I gotta go back raking my garden. Keep dumping it on me:)”

“Have you ever driven past the mushroom farms? Wonderful on a hot summer day.”

“All that urine probably doesn't smell too good even after the composting process. I think some mushroom farms are underground in caves. At least it looked that way on the show.”

“Those in the mushroom club at work are kept in the dark and fed a lot of s#1t.”

“I think I'm in that group, but they haven't told me yet.”

“If they haven't told you, U B in.”

“Last night while shopping in the garden section I found on the shelf a 2 liter bottle of liquid worm poop. Claims it's great for tomatoes.”

“Add your grass clippings and fall leaves too Nimblefoot, those make a huge difference.
I like rabbit poo.”

“I think that Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is considered one of the largest mushroom farming areas around.”

“I've never heard of a liquid worm. How do they form a solid turd?”

“vermiculture is the process of composting using worms, usually red worms. The castings are most likely dissolved into a liquid solution which would then be sprayed on to the soil. I tried vermiculture once but did not have any success. It can be very technical.”

“It sounds interesting. I am, however, looking for free to cheap and may rustle some cattle to get it.”

“Nimblesweetie, if you dig down deep enough, you can blow through your septic field, flood your yard and fertilize all at once. Problem solved. I know my $hit.”

“Funny, I read this on the out of context thread before I read it here.

With the problem of septic freeze up during the winter (when else?), I siphoned the tank and everything is greener in the drainage area. Maybe I should figure a way to siphon to the garden(?)

Oh, CD, I know you know your #&%!$ (WTF?), but this is MY #&%!$.”

“I am not going to touch that one. hehe”

“i wouldn't touch his #&%!$ either - heck, i don't even touch my #&%!$!”

“When I saw the title I thought "The septic tank has taken its revenge..."”

“Nope, Nimble is ahead in the septic war...to be continued this coming winter.”

“That's quite a famous piece of equipment, now.

Maybe it needs an agent and a publicist?”

“Has anyone ever heard of or used, "diatomaceous" soil?”

“I have, I have (raising hand excitedly).”