The author’s hens stay on pasture during warmer months and then overwinter inside a greenhouse. Use chicken manure in garden to boost crops’ productivity, while also utilizing a greenhouse chicken ...

Hot! Hot! Hot! Do not use fresh chicken manure in your garden. Use of fresh chicken manure will burn the young roots off of your plants. Manure must be aged at least six months to a year before use.

Whether you are a Louisiana poultry farmer or just keep chickens in your back yard, there may soon be a solution to the vexing problem of disposing of chicken waste, thanks to a research project ...

Gardening. One of the easiest ways to make a chicken coop environmentally friendly is to combine it with a vegetable garden. Chickens produce high-quality, nitrogen-rich, nontoxic, free fertilizer, so ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...

I usually get questions about applying manure to gardens in the spring, when everyone is excited about possibilities of fresh veggies. Yet in reality, it is probably better to talk about this subject ...

Is it safe to use chicken manure on flowers? We have been told not to use it on vegetables, but we were wondering about flowers. A big pile has been given to us. A: What great fortune! That's almost ...

Question: It may sound silly, but my family has decided to give our vegetable garden a "gift," and is debating whether a truckload of manure would be appropriate. What manures are best for vegetable ...

MANHEIM, Pa., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Kreider Farms, Central Pennsylvania’s favorite producer of farm fresh milk, ice cream, premium eggs, and more, is transforming their recycled manure into ...