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Humanure Composting Facts and Ideas (for Alaska)

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:26:11 +0000

Humanure composting is great for your organic garden. Joseph Jenkins wrote the book, “The Humanure Handbook.” I thought it was fabulous. You can download and read the 2nd edition for FREE:

http://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/H2_all.pdf

Composting your own poop and pee can increase your crop yields by 10-25%. Why not consider humanure for your next organic garden. It’s great for the environment, and it will save you lots of money for your next organic garden.

This video is about humanure composting facts and ideas (for Alaska).

If you have any comments about humanure composting in Alaska, please leave a comment. Long live humanure composting!

I can’t wait to start my own organic garden with humanure!

More links to learn how to compost your poo and pee. Humanure will turn into compost for your organic garden. Learn how to do it:

http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/jcjenkins01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composting_toilet

Have a great humanure composting day!

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Liquid Fish Emulsion Fertilizers: Effective, Organic, and Sustainable

Tina Hull — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:20:55 +0000

by Tina Hull

Organic growers are more careful about what and where their liquid organic fertilizers come from. Hence, this article discusses how liquid fish emulsions are made. First of, they are mostly made from the Menhaden fish which is not considered a human food source. However this fish is used for making oil and animal feeds. The waste from the production of this fish into oil or animal feed is the ingredient used for making liquid fish fertilizers.

The first step is to cook the fish and to squeeze its juice and oils by pressing. The oil is removed while the leftover solids can be ground and baked into protein meals and fed to animals. The juice of the fish is brought to a boil until it becomes more concentrated and results in a fish emulsion.

A small amount of phosphoric acid is added to the fish emulsion to lower the pH. Lowering the pH makes the liquid fertilizer more acidic, which prevents it from decaying and fermenting into gas. Before phosphoric acid was added in the manufacturing process, containers of fish emulsion were known to burst from fermentation. Because the amount of added phosphoric acid is so small (less than one percent by weight), the product is still considered organic.

Standard composition of organic fish emulsion fertilizers is about 5% Nitrogen, 2% Phosphorous, and 2% Potassium. It also contains micronutrients that are vital for promoting plant growth.

Depending on their proximity to the sea or fish waste sources, many organic growers are daring enough to make their own fish fertilizer emulsions to cut down costs.

Many organic fertilizers are slow acting. Not fish emulsion. The nutrients in fish emulsion are released almost immediately. That’s why it is particularly good for seedlings and transplants–it gives them a jumpstart. Gardeners either water the diluted liquid fertilizer into the soil or spray their plants for a foliar feed.

As with the use of all fertilizers, application instructions should be followed strictly. Remember to dilute it in the recommended percentage to prevent damaging seeds and young plants. Only mix the amount you are going to use that day because after it has been mixed with water its potency will be lost when stored. And keep the mixture away from heat to prevent deterioration. Since its made from fish, brace yourself for the pungent odor but this will disappear in a few days.

Production of liquid fish emulsions fertilizers is environmentally sound from start to finish. Only fish parts that are unused or are considered as waste by fish and feed processing companies are used. Thus, the use of fish emulsions organic fertilizers thus decrease toxins in our food and helps make zero waste possible.

About the Author:

Tina Hull specializes in working with small farms and is a recognized authority in organic fertilizer. Get more information by going to her website about liquid organic fertilizer.

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Worm Garden and Organic Compost: What Benefits Worm Gardening Can Give and to Whom?

admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:36:19 +0000

http://howtowormfarming.com Worm Garden and Organic Compost: What Benefits Worm Gardening Can Give and to Whom? Get to know what are the benefits of having a worm garden around.

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Worm Garden and Garden Compost: What Benefits Worm Gardening Can Give

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:45:04 +0000

http://howtowormfarming.com Worm Garden and Garden Compost: What Benefits Worm Gardening Can Give. Know what benefits there are of putting up a worm garden, aside from getting worm compost.

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Morgan Composting – Cow Kitchen

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:56:05 +0000

MorganCompostinghttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/morgancompostingPeopleCow Kitchen, dairy doo, morgan composting, organic compost, organic gardening, organic farming, Michigan, farmingMorgan Composting – Cow Kitchen

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BOKASHI COMPOSTING

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:38:17 +0000

What to do with the Bokashi waste once your bucket is full. www.bokashi.com.au . Well, we gotta take it out to the the garden and bury it for the most benefits. See Video for instructions.

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How to Make Bokashi

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:39:05 +0000

A Short film about making Bokashi–a fermented wheat bran–used to pickle kitchen food waste to help it compost quicker without foul odors.

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Bokashi Composting

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:54:03 +0000

When can I bury the Bokashi? Can the Bokashi Juice burn the roots of my plants? Yes, most definately. If you have sensitive plants, then I would not be burying too close to the roots, if at all.
PH Rating levels out after about a week.

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Raising Dairy Goats : Hoof Trimming Goats

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:08:59 +0000

Trim goat hooves to a flat surface, cutting away dead hoof matter, manure, and debris. Learn to trim dairy goat hooves from an organic farmer in

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Raising Dairy Goats : Raising Dairy Goats: Housing & Space

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:59:59 +0000

It takes space and pasture land to raise dairy goats or goats for meat. Learn how to set up space to raise dairy goats from an organic farmer in

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