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Post by Jim on Dec 23, 2007 7:42:26 GMT -5
I'm lookin for some farmers in the Toledo, Ohio or southwest Michigan area that I can buy some manure and stray bales from.
It's a sh!tty request but what can I say??
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Post by flowerpower on Dec 23, 2007 8:38:47 GMT -5
Maybe you can see if there are any horse stables around. They will prob give you the manure. And they would know where to get straw. Or maybe there is a zoo close by? They would have to order straw and hay for some of the animals. Maybe you could get some elephant poop there!  |
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 23, 2007 11:17:48 GMT -5
Try area rabbit raisers. Ohio has a lot of people raising bunnies. Maybe talk to your local 4H folks, they may be able to give you some leads.
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Post by Jim on Dec 23, 2007 11:19:04 GMT -5
Actually we have one of the top zoos in the country in TOledo, Ohio...good idea....I can imagine that call. "hey is there anychance I get a ton of elephant poo delivered stat?" Not bad thinking though.
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Post by cff on Dec 23, 2007 13:14:21 GMT -5
Make your own, a few rabbits make a lot of poop and take up very little space. You could add worm beds under your rabbits for a never ending supply of garden poop.
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 23, 2007 16:02:07 GMT -5
I agree totally with CFF. We have Mini Lops, Holland Lops, Californias, a couple of Mini Rex and Dwarf Netherlands. We live in southern Indiana, but we actually drove to Millersburg Ohio this year to pick up a mini lop that my husband just had to have. About a 6 hour drive. While at that show we also bought the dwarf netherland from a girl who was from Ashtabula. There were about 400 exhibitors there, so if you did decide to get bunnies, you should have no trouble finding good stock.
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Post by Jim on Dec 23, 2007 18:03:42 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I'm in a subdivision with an association and rabbits outside in pens would qualify as livestock and not allowed. Also my wife is an animal lover and would want them as pets. Thanks though. I think I'll drive around and look for a local farmer with horses or cows.
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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 23, 2007 19:02:22 GMT -5
I just don't see how anyone can live in an area like that. To each his or her own I guess. Anyway, if the association won't permit rabbits outside, will they give you trouble over manure and straw bales?
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Post by cff on Dec 23, 2007 20:21:13 GMT -5
I have a beekeeper friend with the same issues, a small garden shed houses both of his hives and the bees use a back entrance. Considering rabbits and worms make absolutely no noise at all and take up little space a small garden shed could house several with a blocked view. If this didn't work out I would use florescent yellow spray paint to paint several obscenities in the concrete driveway before I called the real estate agent to hang out the for sale sighs. Such is rednecks  |
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Post by flowerpower on Dec 24, 2007 6:58:21 GMT -5
Maybe check the yellow pages for someone advertising "Pony Rides" for kids' parties.
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Post by Jim on Dec 24, 2007 10:46:37 GMT -5
I just don't see how anyone can live in an area like that. To each his or her own I guess. Anyway, if the association won't permit rabbits outside, will they give you trouble over manure and straw bales? I doubt the association would complain much anyways. The strawbales and compost pile shouldn't be a problem. They are more concerned with transmissions haing from trees and 25 broken cars laying around. I chose this sub because its older ( from the 50's) the lots are bigger and its quiet. I also didn't plan on gardening when I moved in. That obsession kicked in later. Now because I can't sell my house for enough to go and buy a home on some land I have to learn to live within the rules and make due for a few years. My main concern with the rabbits is the fact that my wife will get instantly attached and I don't want to run the risk of having to be forced to get rid of them. I am starkly against bringing them inside the house too so it's a suggestion better suited to when I move to some property. |
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Post by winter unfazed on Feb 15, 2008 11:36:10 GMT -5
You should try to get it from farmers who don't heavily use chemical biocides. It has been observed on some farms that the flies won't even go after the manure, because it is so heavily contaminated. If the flies are dancing around it, take it as a good sign. They're trying to say, "Hey, bud, this is mighty good (stuff)." On the other hand, if the flies don't want it, neither should you. It likely is laced with chemical contaminants.
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Post by Jim on Feb 16, 2008 13:32:12 GMT -5
good idea,
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Post by teachertorio on Aug 6, 2008 11:23:18 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new here and found this thread. I have horses - one of them is stabled in Ottawa Lake, Mich, a 10 min drive from my West Toledo home. I also have friends with barns in North Baltimore(1/2way between Findlay and Bowing Green) and in Waterville.
If you are willing to dig it yourself, you can have all the manure you want, and if you come to the barn on Whiteford(Ottawa Lake) I can tell you which sections are how old(we change where we dump, so we know how aged the piles are). The majority is wood shavings/stall waste, but some is straw/stall waste. My vegetable garden was unfreakinbelievable using the year-old stuff. And roses REALLY like horse manure.
The only catch is you need to be able to come out and get it yourself.
Mary
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Post by Jim on Aug 6, 2008 12:43:21 GMT -5
Mary,
Thank you very much. I live in Lambertville so Ottawa lake is very close. I'd love to come and get some materials. I'm just now building my raised beds and I need a few weeks to finish up. Is that ok time wise? I'd be glad to dig it up myself.
Thanks,
Jim
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