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Post by happyskunk on Dec 17, 2009 23:11:57 GMT -5
Anyone go to the forest and collect poop for their garden. Is this even legal. I heard its a good idea to compost it hot to kill any bad things. If its illegal I'll just have to be stealthy about it next time I go camping.  |
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Post by happyskunk on Dec 17, 2009 23:12:51 GMT -5
sorry I forget a few question marks in there. I'm kinda a careless typist.
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 18, 2009 9:46:05 GMT -5
Don't know why it wouldn't be legal, unless it is on public land and then it probably would be illegal. Just doesn't seem like it would be worth the effort to gather. Do you raise any animals, or have neighbors with any animals? Then there are always worms you can compost with, try the vermicomposting thread, there are links to some pics of Alan's worms there. You can start a worm bin with just newspaper/cardboard and kitchen scraps.
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Post by rockguy on Dec 18, 2009 20:50:38 GMT -5
I think it'd be a hard way to get very much manure together. Wouldn't want my picture in the Post Office either, not with the caption "Sh*t Thief" LOL. Seriously for a container it might be ok, just a little tedious to collect those deer "smart pills".
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Post by happyskunk on Dec 19, 2009 23:05:42 GMT -5
No animals are allowed here. I live in Idaho not a big city like Seattle or Portland were they allow such things.  |
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 19, 2009 23:14:32 GMT -5
That is a situation where worms are perfect.
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Post by silverseeds on Dec 19, 2009 23:24:35 GMT -5
One time I decided I wanted a bed of just "wild" manures.... I did it to..... a small one. I was bored and spent all day listening to the radio and collecting the little pellets. Its dry here, they are all various sized pellets. I say if it seems worth it to you, then it is.... because your the one doing the collecting.....  |
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Post by steev on Nov 23, 2010 20:00:16 GMT -5
Rockguy, yes, smart pills! My daughter and I had a very pleasant discussion once while hiking as we tried to decide whether there was any likelihood that the elk (larger) smart pills would make one smarter than the deer (smaller) ones. Nature does inspire one to wonder.
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Post by Alan on Nov 24, 2010 19:45:30 GMT -5
Definitely check out vermicomposting my friend, you'd be suprised what you might start to consider as "manure". If your determined to use animal manure and you want to thermocompost, never overlook the fact that humans are animals too!  |
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Post by steev on Nov 25, 2010 16:11:32 GMT -5
When I started my landscapeing business, my preferred soil amendment was the composted solids from the local sewage treatment facility: all organic, no superfluous sand or clay; excellent particle range, not dusty; cheap, since they had to get rid of it. They no longer sell it to retail outlets; it all goes to ag use.
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Post by Alan on Nov 30, 2010 22:54:17 GMT -5
They used to sel composted solids here as well but quit and started selling to a potting soil company. The only real issue there is heavy metals. Read an article a couple years back that implied that pill bugs were uber efficient at breaking down heavy metals, so I always try to get a pretty good population of those going in my humanure pile after initial thermophilic composting, leaving it a little dry and mixing in some shreaded cardboard tends to bring them in.
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Post by steev on Dec 2, 2010 19:54:40 GMT -5
I can't imagine how pillbugs would break down heavy metals, which are elements; perhaps they could break heavy metal compounds, but that would probably render them more soluble and mobile, hence more dangerous. Whatever the situation, you probably don't want a high percentage of your diet to be pillbugs, crunchy though they may be.
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Post by extremegardener on Feb 10, 2011 15:46:03 GMT -5
 ;D and of course, I composted it - hot |
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