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    Deep litter bedding compost method for the garden

    There is a book titles teaming with microbes that I honestly can't recommend enough.
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    Deep litter bedding compost method for the garden

    The biggest input from wood chips is carbon.
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    Composting horse manure with chickens

    Or...Korean natural farming ...the imo they refer to are indigenous micro organisims
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    Composting horse manure with chickens

    You can buy microbial innoculants to accelerate the decomposition if you are leery of the horse manure...look into em-1
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    Deep litter bedding compost method for the garden

    I agree that manure and blood will quickly release their nitrogen however, feathers decompose slowly and require microbial digestion to release the nitrogen bound in it. Feathers and feather meal are both considered slow release
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    compost

    Feathers can be added to compost with out worry. Feather meal is sold as an organic amendment. They are ground to accelerate their decomposition so obviously the unground feathers would break down slowly but with a good active pile it wont take too long.
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    Compost question

    I would stick to clean unprinted cardboard and brown paper if you are going to use it on veggies
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    Mealworm compost

    the chitin stimulates the defense response of plants!!! It's great stuff.
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    Mealworm compost

    You don't need to go through the effort of vermicomposting the frass. The n-p-k of the frass is 2-2-2 and readily available bit the biggest reward is the 16% chitin is the best part
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