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do you use steer manure or

hennypenny — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:40:13 GMT

chicken poo in your gardens? I have been using chicken for the last ten years or so and tomorrow I order our annual batch. Was debating the pros and cons of the two. Any preferences?

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 03:38:54 GMT

Up here, Dairy Doo is catching on like crazy!

It's poo without the poo odor. Local guys came up with it. Avid gardeners swear by it.

No word on how it slings, tho.

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AFWIFE — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:19:39 GMT

I don't know of the preference but when I was a kid my parents would have my older brother and I pick up cow manure from the farm. My brother was older so he would get to hold the bag while I had to be the one to pick it up. It was never pretty if I grabbed a warm pile or even worse the pile that was crusty on the outside and mushy on the inside. Lol. I know they still use cow manure to this day.

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abbeythe 8th — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:05:38 GMT

I've always had a large flower garden and small vegetable garden. I've never used manure.

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EmmaBunting — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:11:07 GMT

chicken sh !t is definitely the best. In my professional opinion, that is.....I'd stick with what you've been using....

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bikerbabe — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:17:54 GMT

no manure of any kind except for the occasional doggie doo.

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madzonie — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:20:19 GMT

Many zoos sell ""zoo doo.""

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hennypenny — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:35:01 GMT

lol, I know that lion doo will keep the deer away.

will check back here tomorrow before I head to the nursery. I know the chicken stuff is less potent smelling. What exactly is dairy doo---just the cows?

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mistriTsquirrel — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:23:04 GMT

Unicorn poop

Just be sure to wash all of the glitter off of your produce before you eat it.

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rondell — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:53:08 GMT

On 2/14/2014 EmmaBunting said:
chicken sh !t is definitely the best. In my professional opinion, that is.....I'd stick with what you've been using....

You crack me up!

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:27:38 GMT

On 2/14/2014 hennypenny said:
lol, I know that lion doo will keep the deer away.

will check back here tomorrow before I head to the nursery. I know the chicken stuff is less potent smelling. What exactly is dairy doo---just the cows?

The lowdown on the poop at Dairy Doo:

http://www.dairydoo.com/products

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terrier3 — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:31:10 GMT

On 2/14/2014 madzonie said: Many zoos sell ""zoo doo.""

I got some last year!

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JustJazzmom — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:06:42 GMT

Always use composted manure-- I use it in my vegetable garden and I put it over the soil around March and then I turn the soil over before planting my cold season veggies (lettuces). After lettuces, come peppers and tomatoes. I had an abundance of 'Black Cherry' tomatoes through almost October!! Be sure to side dress your veggie garden with compost or composted manure again during the mid summer to give the veggies the added boost needed to produce veggies.

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lulu2 — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:18:17 GMT

On 2/14/2014 abbeythe8th said:
I've always had a large flower garden and small vegetable garden. I've never used manure.

Neither have I. Miracle Gro is all I use.

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hennypenny — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:33:48 GMT

Thank you everyone.

Guess I will stick to the chicken. Off to farmer's mkt and then to the nursery.

I have put compost into my veggie beds and add the potent stuff. wait a few weeks and then plant. I only use organic products on my gardens.

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pattypeep — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:38:10 GMT

This so reminds me of my young son one year when I was spreading chicken manure. He was three or four, playing nearby and when he came over to me he said "phew, sumpin stinks". I said, "oh, that's chicken manure". He said "did a chicken been here"? One of those things I will never forget.

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hennypenny — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:33:13 GMT

two peas, that is so precious! Those gems stick with us forever. I started writing a few of them down so the kids will see them when I am dead and gone.

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hennypenny — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 04:30:04 GMT

Well, 15 large bags of chicken poo will be here wednesday.

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mistriTsquirrel — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 07:56:36 GMT

On 2/15/2014 hennypenny said:
Well, 15 large bags of chicken poo will be here wednesday.

Con...gratulations?

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lulu2 — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 00:44:19 GMT

On 2/15/2014 hennypenny said:
Well, 15 large bags of chicken poo will be here wednesday.

Warn your neighbors!