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RE: Homestead Garden Harvest & Raising Chickens For Meat & Eggs
Chicken manure mixed in with the spoil to down below root level can really help prevent frost damage. I'm not sure of the chemistry but it actually helps keep the soil temperature above freezing. Also, if you compost the chicken manure for a few months before using it you'll get much better results with less chance of burning your plants. I use wood chips in the coop and then shovel all that out to the compost pile. Best fertilizer you can get, period.
Wow. I had no idea that it could help against freezing. I have to look into that. Thanks.
We use pine shavings as bedding and then compost that.
Yeah, I use pine too. A big pile of composting chicken manure can get so hot inside that it can actually catch fire. You probably notice when it's cold outside and you dig in with the shovel steam rises out. My family made a fortune one year on turnips because we were the only farm in the region that didn't get wiped out with a record low cold snap. The secret....chicken poop :-)
Nice :)