tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post4464836565618378427..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Recycle wasteChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-20632659866325148432017-06-23T11:41:55.448+10:002017-06-23T11:41:55.448+10:00Those little nuggets are terrific, placed anywhere...Those little nuggets are terrific, placed anywhere in the garden. It's slow release fertiliser, because of all the greens bunnies eat. Good idea to pop it in the compost.<br /><br />We get hares here in Queensland, as myxomatosis wiped out the rabbit populations. But we also get kangaroo poo, which tends to be more in abundance. Which is great because apart from the chicken tractor, we don't move our livestock around. The roos fertilise the ground for us. ;)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-48375207663748938282017-06-22T20:37:36.490+10:002017-06-22T20:37:36.490+10:00This is such a clever idea!
I don't use potti...This is such a clever idea!<br /><br />I don't use potting mix, but I can see that this would work really well for retaining moisture. Also a good idea to use the guinea pig manure too. I have been collecting up some wild bunny poo from our yard and adding to the compost bin. Might as well make use of it :)<br /><br />Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176661940614462611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-153161900011794032017-06-14T20:48:50.201+10:002017-06-14T20:48:50.201+10:00We buy a compacted bale of shavings for around $12...We buy a compacted bale of shavings for around $12-15. We're fortunate to have a local produce store, which is big on stocking all livestock and pet supplies. Which is probably why they can keep the price down. In town, they charge a lot more money, because they have to pay town rents and demand isn't as great. But I don't quite get mine to last a year! Between the guinea pig, and lining the chicken nest boxes (like you) it only lasts a few months.<br /><br />Nice to hear you're able to use your humanure in a productive manner also. You're paying for the wood shavings, but it's doubling as waste collection, then fertiliser. If it's put under a fruit tree, then it's feeding you too. So that $20 investment, goes a long way. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-4771032531629131952017-06-14T12:20:29.650+10:002017-06-14T12:20:29.650+10:00Wood shavings are beautiful things! I use them in ...Wood shavings are beautiful things! I use them in the composting toilet. I've tried sugar cane mulch and mulched bracken but they just don't do the job as well. I buy a compacted bag for about $20 and it lasts well over a year with a small handful used to cover each 'deposit' in the toilet. The shavings don't break down completely in the time from filling a bin to emptying it, although the 'deposits' do, so the humanure is nice and fluffy when it comes out. If I'm feeling generous, I also put the shavings in the chook nest boxes; the Girls look so comfey sitting in the pile when they're laying.<br /><br />I keep my potting mix in a 60 litre rubbish bin beside my potting bench....it never goes hard and if it dries out a bit, I just spray a bit of water in and fluff it up with the pitchfork. It doesn't 'wet' as well when it's too dry and the dust isn't good for the lungs. The only thing I would add to it at all is the spent gravel mix which I use for cuttings, although I often just dry it in the sun and blend it back in with fresh mix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-84922052172133021532017-06-14T10:42:38.509+10:002017-06-14T10:42:38.509+10:00Worm castings would be excellent stuff, in pots! I...Worm castings would be excellent stuff, in pots! I've just started a worm farm, to get our own. I want to use the tea on potted plants. Anything to avoid buying slow release fertilisers. :)<br /><br />Great to hear you found a local cafe, to collect coffee grounds from. You're saving them money - it would have to get dumped otherwise. Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-37315909448997988122017-06-14T10:39:40.599+10:002017-06-14T10:39:40.599+10:00Humanure is an excellent form of recycling waste, ...Humanure is an excellent form of recycling waste, as long as it's done sensibly. It's an old tradition, and great to see others are still observing it. Only in modern times, have we reverted to flushing it all into water systems.<br /><br />We divert our septic run off, around the property, via a hose we move around. It's suggested this spreads dangerous pathogens, but we've found, so long as there's biomass growing, it breaks it down as part of the natural cycle. Like you, we avoid putting it on our edibles though.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-18528261815973420002017-06-14T10:35:42.417+10:002017-06-14T10:35:42.417+10:00No edging? The slackers. ;)
We tried ours on the ...No edging? The slackers. ;)<br /><br />We tried ours on the lawn, with a chicken tractor. David dropped a tree on it though (they were inside) and it was out of commission. They lived, due to the sturdy structure of the a-frame. But I didn't have anything to put them in afterwards. I recommissioned the tractor recently, but it's had chickens in it, since.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-37201938967892932332017-06-14T10:32:02.739+10:002017-06-14T10:32:02.739+10:00It breaks down really quickly, in our banana circl...It breaks down really quickly, in our banana circle, so it would be great anywhere plants need a boost of organic matter.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-73211455979275165912017-06-14T10:31:05.436+10:002017-06-14T10:31:05.436+10:00I don't know how aged our wood shavings are, b...I don't know how aged our wood shavings are, but I imagine they're not super fresh, and one large bag can last several months. So use aged wood shavings if you can. I imagine the the fresh ones might drawn nutrients from the soil, as they age. Give it a try though, it works great. Extra fluff and moisture holding too. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-26051800645020723822017-06-13T07:14:43.500+10:002017-06-13T07:14:43.500+10:00That's a great idea! Here, I add compost and w...That's a great idea! Here, I add compost and worm castings to our potting mix and I've just started adding coffee grounds too. We don't drink coffee but the local cafe saves their grounds for me and I pick them up every Friday afternoon. Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-65210193215723044362017-06-13T02:36:19.611+10:002017-06-13T02:36:19.611+10:00This is exactly what we do with our own waste, yes...This is exactly what we do with our own waste, yes our human waste. We have a composting toilet in an outhouse on our back acres and after each use we add a cup of wood shavings and peat moss. The barrel in the toilet gets rotated and in a few weeks we pull out the tray and dump the compost out in our pastures which need lots of organic material. I don't use it on our veggie garden but I do use composted chicken and cow manure there. Even I have limits to my recycling!Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-22015415424560517482017-06-12T21:46:22.700+10:002017-06-12T21:46:22.700+10:00There is a fellow on Gardening Australia who has g...There is a fellow on Gardening Australia who has guinea pigs and uses them to mow his lawn, he reckons you get one pig/sqm/lawn! I love he has it all worked out, but they wont edge his lawns for him mind you. ;) <br /><br />They are sweet little animals, sadly they do not go well with our dogs....<br /><br />xx Emma Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500696381837942950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-25704058447156704242017-06-12T21:16:07.067+10:002017-06-12T21:16:07.067+10:00I have read that guinea pig's and rabbit's...I have read that guinea pig's and rabbit's waste is fabulous for the gardenPhil Poggeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528068263542083696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-38702470904230933382017-06-12T19:13:28.141+10:002017-06-12T19:13:28.141+10:00Great idea! Like you, I'm always trying to reu...Great idea! Like you, I'm always trying to reuse anything I can and you are so right about potting soil drying out to become brick-like. We don't have guinea pigs or such, but I do have sawdust from Dan's milling projects. It seems to me that it should work just as well! Definitely going to give this a try. May even do some repotting.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com