My grandmother did up until mid1950's -- a 500-gallon tank half filled with horse manure in the spring and filled with water. We kids would bucket it out to water potatoes, cukes and the like. We would top off the tanks at the end of chores. In the mid-1950s she discovered Vigaro salt fertilizer and abandoned the tank of manure tea. The tank was still their in 2003, rusting among 40-ft tall trees. She had the fields manured in the Fall with cow manure from a local dairy but would not use on food crops. I never did know why, me not speaking or understanding her. Having made and much appreciated tea brewed from composted steer manure, I can understand in part. Without active aeration the manure tea become much ranker than that made from horse manure. I grew wonderful brassicas using manure teas for my own consumption. I applied it directly as a sidedressing soil drench to well established seedlings. I wouldn't use it on any veggies anywhere close to harvest nor on lettuce and other low leafy greens. I buried a 32-gallon plastic trash can three quarters the way down, added 1.5 cu.ft. bag of composted steer manure and added water to near the rim and set the lid tightly. For a month or month and a half I stirred the soup as often as I could until fermentation pretty much stopped. Then I used a ratio of 1 to 4 of tea to water. By this time all sediments had settled out. As an organic small farmer I'm not allowed (with good reasons) to use raw manures in such a way. Occasionally I purchase vermicompost tea made by high-aeration process and spray on non-bearing crops. The business is owned by a friend and the material is tested from time to time, so I trust the tea.

@Drew Childress is your kitchen renovation complete? We are looking at barker modern cabinets and are looking for inspirations. If you'd be interested, please share your kitchen reno pics. Thanks!

"I really want a good Bi-fold door." Honestly I would look for another brand then. Just my .02.

I flat-out wouldn’t like a barndoor/slider/whateveryoucallit) on a bathroom. Another consideration: if you use one slider, one of those doorways will always be blocked. A PITA if you are getting ready to go out and moving back and forth between the bathroom and the closet. And if your spouse is getting ready too - double PITA.