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I've now got some comfrey feed and a huge dustbin full of pony poo water, all ready and waiting to feed my plants.
I know the comfrey needs diluting (thanks for the advice jacob!) but I'm not sure about the pony poo water.....also with all the rain we've had, should I still dilute my feeds or just pour it around the roots of my plants and let the rain dilute it? Thanks guys! Bernie

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Do you still have neighbours Dex?

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Feed when the ground is wet it goes in better i have hung about on my plot for ages some days when it's raining to feed my taters if they see you doing it when it's raining they think your crackers i do not mind that they leave you alone then jacob

ahh that would be Jacobs Crackers

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They obviously don't have any sense of smell!

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Jacob - do you still dilute it first?

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Hello Nick! Nice to hear from you. Bernie

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I dilute comfrey 10 --1 but do not know about pony pea jacob

I resemble that remark they leave you alone hee hee

Thanks Jacob - if it actually stops raining at some time this week will get the watering can out! Bernie Oh, and a peg for my nose!

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I use pony poo water as well DDL, diluted 10 - 1 as the comfrey

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hi, im really new to this, and i am planning a veg patch but i have been buying the gyo mag and read on the net it is advisable to have your own compost heap if you like in your garden for the soil etc....
i know this is going to sound daft but i just wondered what do you put into the compost barrell to make compost? can you use your left over potato peelings? dry grass? manure? im not really sure, just wondered if you could help... thank you very much.....

Hi Vicki,

have a look at this see if you can see it it will tell you everything you need to know

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/orga...compost_pf.php

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Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

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I find this a tricky area - so read the advice from the venerable grapes with much interest!

For example - I have a (small) bag of Genuine Forest of Dean Sheep Doo just steeping in a bucket of water, and also a Can of Worms (getting well flooded out at the mo!) - my less-than-scientific method is sort of fifth fill a watering can with either, and fill up with water and use the worm stuff on toms/cougette/hanging baskets/brassica small plants/acer tree in tub/peiris ditto/rhodedendren ditto; and sheep doo on Prize Pumpkin and Tallest Sunflower. If I win either of the latter two competitions, I guess I have the sheep doo bucket right, at least!

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update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

If it is the black stuff that comes from the bottom of the can of worms in liquid form i think you are abit heavy handed with the dilution rate i used some of this 5 years ago it was good stuff but strong the best i ever used very potent jacob

Worms in liquid? Have I read this correctly? Yuk! sorry, I don't understand....can someone please explain in simple terms of course! Thanks Bernie

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hi Bernie the black liquid that comes out of the bottom of a worm farm is a very good feed i would say stronger than comfrey or netles if you want to find out about there is a web page by the worm woman from the USofA the term is Vermiculture i think if you want to google that jacob

Thanks JM - although I like worms, don't think I fancy a worm farm just at the moment! Bernie

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They are the the litle red ones that live in the forrests under the fir trees if done right they do not smell only escape when under stress jacob

Yeepers! they sound even worse than normal worms (the ones on my lottie are like small snakes!). Bernie

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DDL
Ah you can get very fond of your composting worms, endless source of interest (how sad is that, I know) and my beans are thriving on my first harvest of worm compost.
They won't eat all of your veg waste (unless you're not eating your five a day) but they are little trouble and quietly get on with producing the goods.
Sue

It seems a bit hit and miss to say dilute your pony-doo water 10 - 1. It depends on how much poo is in the bag and how much water is in the bucket/barrel, doesn't it? Or am I missing something? (DON'T answer that!)

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