Cleaning out the chicken house

[chrissum]

I am cleaning out a chicken house that has pine shavings and manure, is it ok to put it in the garden
and till it in and plant it next fall? Thanks!

 

[Percheron chick]

If you are done with the garden for this year, go for it. If not, just stockpile it close and before you put the garden to bed for the winter, spread a good layer on top and till it in.

 

[DaveOmak]

There may be something about pathogens, in this link, you want to read.....


http://umaine.edu/publications/2510e/

 

[chrissum]

Good food for thought. I find the part about water from rain barrels a little odd as I use them from the run off from my house.

 

[gjensen]

Certainly. That is a year in advance.

I hot compost my bedding with the idea of "cleaning" it. Then I till it in and wait a season.

It only requires some common sense. Whether or not you are growing root crops, there is a layer of mulch to protect from splash back, etc. Is the produce ever coming into contact with the amendments, etc.