Many gardeners tout manure’s superiority to synthetic products available today. And if done right, it’ll be a fantastic supply of necessary nutrients to grow a large healthy garden. Gardening experts ...

Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

What's old is new again and a timeless method of raising vegetables outside in winter is making a comeback. Two recently published books, "Hot Beds" by Jack First and "Backyard Winter Gardening" by ...

Most gardeners are familiar with compost made from excess plant materials such as leaves, grass clippings, garden trimmings and kitchen peelings. Piled up in a heap in a corner of the garden, kept ...

Question: Is it safe to use manure from a horse or cattle farm on my vegetable garden? Answer: This question brings up an important issue that relates not only to livestock and horse manure but ...

Manure has been used as fertilizer since the dawn of time, but not all manure is the same. If you’re a pet owner, you might just have an untapped gardening resource on your hands — it all depends on ...

The following is an excerpt from Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon (Chelsea Green, 2010). In his humorous, anecdotal manifesto, Logsdon imparts how to transform farm, pet and ...

There is a wonderful product to give your plants a growing boost. It takes time to work—about two to three months—but it doesn’t require too much effort, nor does it cost very much. For a small garden ...

I'm a poo chaser. You see, I have a number of animals in my Oakland backyard - a pair of Nigerian dwarf goats and a herd of rabbits - that spend an inordinate amount of time making poo. Every week, I ...

Gary writes: My neighbor raises chickens, and she has an abundance of chicken manure that she is willing to share with me for my garden. I recall that some time ago you wrote about manure tea and its ...