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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
2 Jun 17
I am sure many of you remember that commercial with the old lady asking, "Where's the beef?" Quite annoying wasn't she!!
Well, today we found the beef at a place called Brasstown Beef Farm Store at Ridgefield Farms in Brasstown,...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Feb 17
In the late 1800's it was estimated that London would be swimming in horse manure by 1950. They probably would have had the automobile not been invented.
Horses were used daily for everything. Deliveries, tromps around town,...
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Gus Kilthau
@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
23 Aug 16
Fable - The Wealthy Bug
Once upon a time, in a warm mound of composting manure, there lived a bug that was destined for things other than fortune. His name was BeetleBoy.
BeetleBoy was named after his grandfather, a large,...
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jayaram
@jayaramas (1353)
• Bangalore, India
21 Jun 16
From past one year, I am finding it difficult to get healthy food.
Earlier, I used to get good vegetables and fruits. these days, artificial ripening of fruits is a big activity and hence the taste as well as health is lost. Many...
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Professor2010
@Professor2010 (20156)
• India
16 Mar 13
Since we were out for 65 days and stayed at son’s working place; our roof top garden and the other in front of home was neglected; the person who was appointed to take care vanished after taking 500 rupees from my daughter in...
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belindayhughes
@belindayhughes (1096)
• United States
1 Mar 13
My late grandmother, who was raised on a farm, is my inspiration for a lot of my gardening efforts. One of the things she taught me was composting. On the opposite side of the path from her garden she had a compost operation...
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merylinkid
@merylinkid (69)
• United States
23 Sep 12
I just love Oxfam Unwrapped. It's a charity donation where you can buy unique "gifts." You are actually making a symbolic donation for that item, but the money goes to a good cause. For instance, $12 buys enough manure for a...
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oscarbartoni
@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
29 Nov 11
I am trying to buy a house and wish to have an organic garden. I also wish to have rabbits for food or pelts and use their droppings in the garden. I will have them in cages with part of the floor having wire and the other part...
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oscarbartoni
@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
20 Nov 11
I have been preapproved for a house loan on a house guaranteed by the VA. I am still in the process of selecting the right house for me, my partner (Native Wife), her friend and Native husband. Together we can pay the mortage...
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writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
18 Oct 10
What are you going to do with your garden bed once all the harvesting is done? Some people plow it under.
Other interesting ideas have come about. One is to put 3 inches deep of newspapers. Then a few inches of compost, and...
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kiran8
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
30 Nov 09
I love gardening and could spend hours together in the company of my plants and amidst nature. I feel that some people have a natural flair for gardening. Anything that they touch automatically grows well and thrives.There are...
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oscarbartoni
@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I am constantly putting vegetable scraps on the garden soil and will turn it under when I turn the soil over in the spring before planting it. I will also add as much composted manure and peat moss at the same time. I am hoping to...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
13 Jan 08
The law says they cannot sell the excess, but must donate it to the power grid. They install tanks to process manure, turning the methane into power. The Weather Channel did a story on this today. What do you think of this...
cow power
energy production
is this fair
less dependence on oil
manure
methane
selling power to the grid
weather channel
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exclusively_rinku
@exclusively_rinku (891)
• India
28 Aug 07
i always put manures in my garden.but recently i found that these are not doing any good to my plants.i think they are lacking nitrogen.can anybody suggest any manure which have more nitrogen content? also i wanted to know which...
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fallie
@fallie (74)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I need advice. I just moved in to a new apartment in February. I love my new neighborhood and don't want to move. The problem is that my neighbors have beautiful gardens in their yard that they spread manure on once a week! I love...
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