Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...
BLACKVILLE – Necessity was the mother of invention when it comes to Humble Acres Organics in Blackville, its owners say. Chicken farmer Tim McCormick and his son, Kevin, said they trusted in the Lord ...
Dan Rodricks’ recent column urged the new governor to get a large-scale poultry waste incinerator built on the Eastern Shore (“Larry Hogan has a chance to be a green governor,” Dec. 13). This awful ...
WILLOWS — After hearing complaints from concerned citizens about a proposed chicken manure composting operation Wednesday, the Glenn County Planning Commission instructed planners to consider the ...
Large egg farms in Bangladesh have a problem: they produce a lot of smelly manure. Farmers buy manure during a certain season; the rest of the year it piles up, and provokes complaints of odour and ...
Like cooking an egg, timing is everything with poultry manure, a Vermont master gardener warns this week. First-timers in the world of small-scale poultry might be tempted to shovel a week's worth of ...
VIENNA — The drastic change in farm practices that a panel has recommended to fight toxic microbes in the Chesapeake Bay would raise costs for Maryland farmers, especially on the lower Eastern Shore, ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s piling ...
As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost pile to benefit your yard.