Free Rabbit manure
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Comments (9)I raised rabbits for years. But I got sick of the frozen water in the winter and gave it up. I still get a steady supply of poop from a neighbor. 2 buckets is not likely enough for "a pretty good sized piece of land." It is a fairly well balanced and mild fertilizer. I usually mix in 1 gallon or so per tomato or pepper plant - right into the hole that I am using. Half that for cukes, twice that for melons. There was a time when I had enough to actually mulch a 10x30 foot garden with it. That was when I about 15 breeders. I've never had a problem with urine burning anything. But then, I prefer to shovel the dry stuff becuase it is lighter, so I occasionally rake the stuff away from their favorite corner so that it is dry by the time I need it. One year my MIL came over every 3 or 4 days for months, taking "just a bucket or two." More often than not, she didn't return the 5 gallon buckets. I didn't mind an awfull lot becuase I know how sandy and barren her soil is, so I figured my loam did not need as much, even tho' I didn't get a single bucket of it that year. Then I found out she was giving it away as gifts! Birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, just becuase gifts. I actually had one woman, a comlete stranger until that day, tell me how generous my MIL was for giving her my poop! And yes, she knew it was mine, but it was my MIL who was the generous one. Then mom got huffy with me when I asked her to stop giving it away....Sheesh. I just wanted a little. Kay....See More50% rabbit manure, 50% clay
Comments (11)The lady I got the rabbit manure from was trying to sell it for $5 a bag but gave me three bags containing about 40 pounds each for free as a free sample, but I had to clean out her chicken coop for free to get the free chicken manure she gave me too. She also gave me as much horse manure as I wanted for free, so I took 11 five gallon buckets of that. The horse manure was partially composted. But the rabbit manure had a lot of straw and grass and twigs and rabbit hair in it, and even a piece of plastic that looked like it was part of a radio. She said she wanted to start a business selling through home depot, but she will have to dry the stuff out and screen all the garbage out if she expects to do that. I used up 80 pounds of the stuff so far planting the one Costata Romanesque Zucchini and five Kobacha squash. BTW, I only got one and a half 5 gallon buckets of the chicken manure, but that stuff smells so bad I won't get anymore even for free. I spread it around one of my Avocado trees hopeing it would burn the bermuda grass, but the Bermuda is growing right through it. I can smell the chicken manure 70 feet away if the wind is blowing my way. I read on one forum some guy wanted to put ten tons of chicken manure on his garden. Hope he didn't do it because you would probably be able to smell his property a mile away. Once I mix the rabbit manure with clay and put it in a planting hole it doesn't smell too bad....See MoreSteer, pig, sheep, chicken, or rabbit manure?
Comments (7)The stuff at the school is all mixed together in a big concrete bin. I guess if I was lucky I might be able to just select the good stuff if i got there at just the right time. I just bought 12 cubic yards of mostly sawdust mixed with horse manure and a little straw. My biggest problem now is flys. I almost don't want to go work in my garden now because they are so annoying. I spread about six cubic yards arounds the bases of my fruit trees and some around the plants in my garden. The other six yards is sitting in a big pile in my backyard next to my garden. How long before the manure stops attracting them? How do you wet the inside of the pile down. I spray water on the pile every night but it only penetrates about two inches. Maybe I have to make a depression on the top of the pile and spray several hundred gallons of water onto it. Its getting pretty dry and the temperature is down to about 135 degrees....See MoreFree Rabbit Manure by the ton
Comments (15)The tarp underneath does not have (many) holes in it. I don't know if other people use tarps under their pile, it's just what I did. The tarp is there for multiple reasons: -Trap water: don't let the water drain off and steal the nutrients. I put a tarp loosely over the top so there isn't a large amount of water getting into the pile. Hopefully just enough. I also bunch up the tarp after turning so it doesn't stick out any more than necessary. -Ease turning: When I get to the bottom of the pile I just lift the tarp and pour it on the top of the new pile. I also pick up the corner while turning to consolidate the pile in the middle. -Keep roots out: previously I had a pile on the ground for several years. I didn't manage it or anything so it wasn't a good pile, but when I started paying attention and I turned it there were a ton of roots in the pile from the nearby pine tree. I didn't like that. luvidaho_2010, maybe your rabbit poo supplier would drive a load to Minnesota. $1 a bag is good for me....See More
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