[45semi]

Gotta find a local source of cow or horse sh_t...
Cleared about an 8th of an acre recently to expand the garden.
Pretty much all red clay & sand....*sigh*

[JRandomFreeper]

Gotta find a local source of cow or horse sh_t...

Call your congresscritter. They are experts in that. ;)

/johnny

[Mad Dawgg]

"Gotta find a local source of cow or horse sh_t..."

I can help you with that. Find some cows and/or horses grazing in a field and stakeout the area. Pay careful attention to the end opposite the head and you should be good to go!

[Himyar]

Where are you at? I’m in central Alabama and would be happy to fill any Freeper’s truck up with the front end loader. No charge.

[ladyjane]

You should be able to find someone who raises chickens. It works well in the compost pile. Or put it in a bucket and make chicken tea. Be careful though. It can burn.

Here is a website that compares the various animal manures:

http://www.greenbuddz.com/naturalfertilizers.html

A lot depends on what the various animals have been eating.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Don't forget all of your non-meat or dairy kitchen waste. A good, long-lived compost pile is a valuable friend.

Wine and beer yeast and a good hops plant makes life worth living no matter what.

(A few cases of whiskey makes a good cache of cash, too).

[Texas Fossil]

Have all you could use on farm but makes no sense to ship to from TX to NC.

I make manure tea for my garden. Horse manure is pretty hot.

I compost the leaves from my pecan trees and have a lot to start plants with.

Garden because I like it and like to eat fresh produce.

Put in a greatly expanded orchard 2 year ago. The drought made it very hard to keep them alive. Most made it, lost some.

Have good strawberry bed and blackberry bushes. Plum, persimmon, fig, peach, apricot, pear, apple and Almond trees. Some are still young but others are very productive.

I don’t use a cold frame but have a sun room that allows me to start plants in the winter. I just put some outside for the first time this week. Not planted but still in the pots. Probably will wait until after 10th of April before I actually plant them.

I am not a prepper, but like to eat. We normally have cattle but sold ours 2 years ago because of the drought. It is still bad and not sure when we will rebuy. One of our neighbors is using our small subirrigated pasture.

We have great neighbors. Some of the families have been friends for 150 years. And in this county since 1889.

[Texas Fossil]

MANURES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MANURING

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27274/27274-h/27274-h.htm

Published in 1910

Found this an interesting read. Some of the initial ideas still make sense.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Gotta find a local source of cow or horse sh_t...”

Our garden gets hay and oats...used once...our three horses keep it supplied :)

[MagnoliaB]

Be careful with that. I got some horse manure from a friend and almost infested my garden with Johnsongrass. If you can afford it buy bags of something like Black Kow which is treated and all weed seeds have been killed.

You might do some crop tests in that sandy red clay area. I have certain spots in my garden that are sandy and that's where things like beets, carrots and root type veggies grow the best.