A neighbor offers you a truckload of free manure just as you’re cleaning out your garden for fall. It sounds like the perfect ...

The fall is the perfect time to prepare for a beautiful spring garden. Here's one thing that you can add to your soil to ...

Homeacres is zone 8 but 51N latitude, and summer days average 21C/70F, barely warm enough to grow aubergines, peppers and ...

As well as being odourless and rich in nutrients, goat manure contributes to plants’ maximum growth. In addition, the manure absorbs more nitrogen by accumulating urine in goat droppings, making it a ...

I'm a poo chaser. You see, I have a number of animals in my Oakland backyard - a pair of Nigerian dwarf goats and a herd of rabbits - that spend an inordinate amount of time making poo. Every week, I ...

A Chinese research team showed that adding phase-specific microbial consortia at different composting stages extended the ...

Composting is one of the most effective ways to manage livestock manure and convert the waste into a valuable soil amendment. With fertiliser prices soaring almost every month, making own compost ...

Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as fertilizer on commercial farms and in backyard gardens, but did you know it could spread antibiotic ...

Every day, India's cities generate roughly 170,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste, yet barely half of it is processed before ...

Contrary to popular belief, some disease causing bacteria may actually survive the composting process. Researchers report that campylobacter bacteria in cattle manure can survive composting and ...

For centuries, nutrient-rich animal manure has been used to enrich the soil and boost crop production. Traditionally, cow and horse manure were the most readily available options. However, with the ...