The author’s hens stay on pasture during warmer months and then overwinter inside a greenhouse. Use chicken manure in garden to boost crops’ productivity, while also utilizing a greenhouse chicken ...

Many gardeners tout manure’s superiority to synthetic products available today. And if done right, it’ll be a fantastic supply of necessary nutrients to grow a large healthy garden. Gardening experts ...

MANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In another effort to promote recycling and sustainable local agriculture, the eco-friendly Kreider Farms introduces a unique chicken and cow manure blend for use in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. But ...

Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gardeners in search of more sustainable ways to grow tastier vegetables and more vibrant flowers are finding inspiration from their country cousins. For decades, ...

Set aside your coffee and breakfast, gentle reader; the following is not fit for mealtime conversation. Fall is approaching, and with it a ritual of the garden: manuring. We pile it on to improve the ...

Some of you are suspicious of “chemical” fertilizers. You are right to have reservations. Chemical fertilizers are easily and often misused. They are often so concentrated they have a negative effect ...

Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

As with most organic fertilizers, the nitrogen in manure typically requires bacterial action to make the nitrogen available to plants. Uncomposted chicken manure is an exception. It can contain excess ...

Nitrogen-rich chicken manure – inside a composter – that has aged long enough to apply. Spread raw manure at least 60 days before harvesting any garden vegetables that will be eaten without cooking.