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Has anyone on the list experimented with large scale 
compost tea application? Our friend who raises grass fed 
longhorns here made a giant compost tea brewing station in 
one of his barns and applies the stuff to all his pastures 
over a couple thousand acres with amazing results. An 
organic garden center in Austin that produces and sells it 
for consumer use  recently told me it would be easy enough 
to set up my own. I know this is about adding microbes to 
the soil, but it seems to me that it would go hand in hand 
with enhancing soil fertility and could be accomplished 
very cheaply for any size of property. I plan to create a 
set up soon.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas



On Thu, 22 May 2008 09:06:58 -0400
 "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > Your are in Virginia, right?  Have you ever heard of 7 
> > Springs Farm. in Check VA? Their catalog is on line and 
> > it tells how much of "stuff" to spread per acre.
>
> Thanks for the referral. I've got pricing from them and 
> Countryside
> Natural Products in Virginia, also. It's good to hear 
> from someone
> that's bought from him, cause I have not. It's a drive, 
> but my mom and
> her hubby are visiting in a couple of weeks and figure i 
> could take a
> drive to the mountains with them, trailer in tow :>)
>
> Rob - Va
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