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Discover the secrets to creating nutrient-rich chicken compost and learn how to use it effectively to plant garlic and more! In this video, we'll guide you through each step of making and utilizing ...
In this video, I show you my new idea for using our chicken to make compost via a compost ring made from recycled plastic. I also give an update on our mobile duck run. Self Sufficient Me is based on ...
A few years ago, I spoke at the Richland County Fair about soils and composting. While at the fair, I received several questions about how to incorporate chicken manure into compost. If you have a ...
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This past spring, I set out to design and maintain a sustainable garden in my backyard—and a big part of that project has involved using chickens to fertilize my soil and help process my compost pile.
I feel such satisfaction every time I collect the eggs laid by my backyard flock. It does not surprise me that so many city-dwellers are choosing to have a small flock of chickens. It is empowering to ...
Koren Helbig has devised an easy and effective method of turning her food waste and plant trimmings into a nutrient-rich ...
Soil is one of the biggest expenses when building a garden bed from scratch, but you can significantly cut down on costs with ...
The study found that diverting all food waste from landfills would avoid close to 40 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents ...
Among the challenges facing North Carolina after Hurricane Florence was how to deal with 4.2 million dead chickens and turkeys that drowned in flooded poultry houses throughout the southeastern part ...