Thanks for all the good info. I'm not sure where you're located but I'd love some manure. I think one of my problems is that I'm putting newspaper in that I use to line the coops. I get the poop, but there's a lot of newspaper too. Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow! :D
Thanks so much. I'm going to see where I can find some. I don't recall seeing it at any of the garden centers. I am certainly going to look into it. Thanks so much again!
Haven't really gotten deep into the comfrey yet (hehe). I did however look it up to get an idea of what you were talking about. I'm an avid researcher in all things organic and am looking forward to learning about it. Thanks so much!
Thanks. That was my concern with using wood as well. I live in the Raleigh NC area. It gets hot and it certainly is humid. I'm going to try starting an additional pile for just the newspaper from the coops and the vegetable scraps, etc from the kitchen. I'll use the other one for the pine since...
We currently just have it as a pile in the backyard. No container. If I make a composter out of pallets would that make a difference? Will it not work just as a pile out there?
So I've had my girls for about 11 weeks now. I had started a compost bin recently when we moved out to the country but it was pretty new so it didn't look like much. Since getting the chickens (and now some guinea hens) I have been putting their bedding of pine shavings and newspaper (all...