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Chickens love fresh compost

A couple of weeks back we got two truckloads of fresh compost, and we dumped it in various piles about the garden area to be spread when we were done unloading. The chickens got in in the meantime and helped us with the spreading part by scratching up the fresh piles.

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The Temperature at which Manure Becomes Compost.

This is not legal advice, please consult your county extension. That’s what they’re there for.

I like compost, soil likes compost, worms like compost. Everyone likes compost. You know what I don’t like? Pathogens. Pathogens and weed seeds that show up in uncomposted manure. At last year’s Tilth Producers conference I attended a workshop [...]

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