MustangStudFarm
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I found this pic, I was clearing out thorn vines from my property. I looked down and noticed that one of my dogs was helping! Apparently, she does not like thorns either! She actually cut a few down this way.
Building a compost pile!
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greasemonkeymann
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YES, in my opinion unless it's an extremely long compost, biochar does better being charged prior to using, in a compost pile it's ok provided the biochar is near a high nitrogen source.
but yea, that rabbit bedding would be perfect.
MustangStudFarm
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It crossed my mind to line the rabbit cage with it underneath the alfalfa hay? I have to change their bed 2x a week because of the urine smell. Not saying that I want to change it less often, but it might absorb the ammonia smell?
Horizon Herbs usually has a special on the Bocking 14 in the spring when they can dig it out. Something like 6 crown cuttings for $10, IIRC. Bought mine in 2010, so ????????
If you have a low soggy spot on the property, that would be perfect. Next to impossible to over water. Make sure you get the Bocking cultivar as they are sterile. True comfrey is invasive and would be like planting Kudzu. The Bocking is VERY easy tp propagate and stays put. I have one growing in my worm bin because I didn't fully dry a leaf before adding it and the stem rooted. IDK about rabbits, but the worms love the stuff and the resulting VC is truly amazing. The combo of comfrey and rabbit manure would be even better.
Pretty much the only things I get online, in bulk, is kelp meal and neem meal, both in 40-50lb sizes. Not available locally, but pretty essential IMO. The comfrey and VC take up any slack. All the other stuff I tried over the years, the benefits/results never quite justified the $$$ spent. You'll see as time goes on.
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MustangStudFarm
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I actually have a low soggy spot that is causing foundation issues! I am building a rabbit hutch, I will be on later! I can handle a little criticism, dont hurt my feelings!
greasemonkeymann
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I think you're the only one that loves comfrey as much as I do!
this stuff is AWESOME.. I call it land-kelp.
Basicly the version of kelp only grows in soil
Damn near grows as fast as kelp too
I wanna get some nettles started, and see if I can gather enough dandelions and then do my ultra CHEAP soil mix, made with leaf mold and dandelion/nettle/comfrey compost.
For the hell of it
I figure I've already amended the soil with minerals plenty, I bet that would get them alllll the way through till harvest
DonBrennon
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Land kelp........hahaha.........love it..........................nettles and dandelions?..........another reason to be chearful, in about 2 - 2&1/2 month this place'll be covered in them, we also get a shit loads of horsetail in waterlogged areas and wild yarrow, the only thing we don't get is any fookin sunshine, I'd love to find a secure/remote area to go gorilla(shouldn't that be guerrilla?), but it'd only ever be worth it on a super sunny summer.
greasemonkeymann
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damn, you have the beginning of a good French gardening run with all those.
I have horsetail too, but honestly I don't use it.... Just grows.. but I have like 30 plants around my house that aren't cannabis...
DonBrennon
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France is a 30 min flight away and I like their methods, their manners sometimes leave something to be desired. THE most abundant weeds here are nettle, followed by dandelion and goosegrass, all great accumulators. My absolute favourite is wild garlic though, nothing goes near it..........farmers wont let their cows walk past any, in case they eat it, the aroma is that pungent, it comes through in the milk if they eat it. You never see any pest damage or disease on them, they always look ultra lush when they're in season.
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I grow garlic in containers for several reasons. Mainly because I love it and usually do 12 - 18, 5 gal buckets worth. The second reason is to condition and inoculate fresh mix for the following season. It's a 8 month growing season and myco's and alliums really love each other. The trimmed roots remain in the mix and inoculate whatever gets planted after. The third is, they not only hide my spring crop (clones started in Feb/March and my main crop), but also repel any and all bugs. I mean, zero IPM is needed. Even before I started using neem cake there were no bugs. Truly a win-win-win with the garlic. The only drawback is that it doesn't do well in the heat of high summer, but I'm usually concentrating on veggies then anyway.
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MustangStudFarm
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I finally got the rabbits out the tiny cage, I really felt bad about it! I also added some more leaves and rabbit bedding to the compost. The last of my amendment came in the mail, Crustacean meal and oyster flour. I will probably start adding everything tomorrow and turn the pile... I get $4,000 a month in disability, so doing all of this is really my job. I think that the government gives vets like me enough money to keep us from being a menace! This is more of a hobby, but it keeps my busy and I enjoy doing it.
MustangStudFarm
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I built a chicken brooder a couple of days ago, and my wife keeps finding different breeds on craigslist. Going to be a small time farm soon lol!
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MustangStudFarm
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My wife told me that she just bought a bunch of different flower seeds today. We didnt really coordinate anything with her and I am kind of kicking myself. It would be cool to have some helpful plants around. One day soon, I hope to just use my AACT brewer for outdoor projects! I have sand burrs around here, and they start by the road and creep into my yard and the dogs bring them inside. I understand that a nice lawn will choke out sticker plants.
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A Master Gardener on another forum does just that, pretty much just leaf mold, comfrey and VC for everything. Coot got him started with the leaf mold close to 6 years ago though. I didn't listen till a couple years ago, but it's coming. Him, having a manure machine (his wife's horse), and getting the public works guys to dump some of the towns leaf collection in his field really kicked things off. Pretty much has to buy nothing, just amends everything with comfrey. Every container is pretty much a worm bin and not even sure if he actually harvest's VC anymore.
Yeah, once you mineralize you're set for a number of years. IDK how many, but *I* wouldn't even think about it for 5 years at least. But, that's my WAG. No matter though. A 5gal bucket of granite dust cost a whopping $5 and weighs ~60# or more.
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greasemonkeymann
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That's the ticket.. Being not only a basicly free mix, but being a superior one at that!
growing cannabis is one of the cool things in life where attention to detail, and certain philosophies reward you much more than money thrown at it.
And I haven't "harvested" my wormbin in the last two runs, my compost is friggin crawling with worms, and the castings are so thick I just grab a big ass handful of un screened VC and throw it in each container when reamending, but all my containers are loaded with worms, both kinds too, reds and native worms, whatever is native to the redwoods here, I REALLY like the native worms because they go up and down through the entire container their whole lives, making little "gopher piles" of castings on the surface.
greasemonkeymann
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That's the ticket to growing good herb man, genuinely enjoying it..
I've seen some serious quality drop when good growers start growing for $ and bigger amounts.
I always saw its like a pornstar... get paid to fuck all daylong and ya come home and guess what? you aren't horny...
Same reason why I got three things I gotta do on my car that I haven't done yet.. cuz I'm tired of fixing everyone elses all day long, and I just wanna go home and relax..
You have a REALLY good self sufficient setup going on my man...
Keep it up and you'll not need to buy a damn thing..
get some comfrey patches... and nettles if you can.. hell even dandelions will propagate totally on their own, just look at the sidewalks.. at least ours.. they're loaded with it, damn things grow in cracks with no soil
greasemonkeymann
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I somehow missed this, and the end is GOLDEN.
VERY good advice man.
I am trying to steer a friend that way, but he wants to grow hydroponically, got a fancy hydro machine, got like LITERALLY 20 fuckin bottles of random shit..
He just won't listen... and now his plants are pissed, and he is feeding more to "fix" that...
Advice on deaf ears..
MustangStudFarm
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Should I start adding aeration to my compost? Rotten wood and expanded shaleI somehow missed this, and the end is GOLDEN.
VERY good advice man.
I am trying to steer a friend that way, but he wants to grow hydroponically, got a fancy hydro machine, got like LITERALLY 20 fuckin bottles of random shit..
He just won't listen... and now his plants are pissed, and he is feeding more to "fix" that...
Advice on deaf ears..
greasemonkeymann
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you could, it doesn't hurt anything.
I liked to add it later personally, only because I like to know exactly how much i'm matching.
MustangStudFarm
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I left the tarp off to catch some rain, but it still seems dry... I am thinking about using my well water, but the VA inspected my house and treated the well with Fluoride. I remember seeing it on the paperwork and questioning myself why they didnt use Chlorine? I have an RO filter, but it really does not keep up. I use it for drinking water mostly, makes great coffee!