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  • From: "Tameson" <tamesonob@metrocast.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Mulch + overwinter questions
  • Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:00:20 -0500

how long do "goat berries" need to cool compost so they don't burn the plants?

Short answer - they don't. Goat berries aren't going to burn your plants...

Long answer - what will burn your plants is the urine soaked bedding. If you put it directly on your beds now and let it sit a couple weeks you'll be fine, but you don't want to put it right up against your plants in the middle of growing season.

Later on this summer you'll want to stack it aside in a little holding pile during the major growing months and then when you put your gardens to bed (or a couple weeks before you plant) you can load the garden right up with the stuff. If you feel so inclined to rake up all the goat berries in their lot, you can use those whenever and they won't burn anything. I'm too lazy to rake the berries up so I just let the chickens crumble them and add nutrients to the pasture.

HTH
Tameson in NH




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