Using my duck pond mud for gardening?

[quackiemama]

I dump my mucky duck water in my raised beds daily, even when nothing is growing in there, to help prep the soil for when I do plant. The soiled straw often goes in the compost bin with other things to break down further.

I do the same thing. Makes the best soil

 

[Alliesan648]

In my (raised bed) garden, I use one-third vermiculite, one-third peat moss and one-third compost. I would substitute the sludge from the duck pond for the compost. Peat moss allows moisture retention and vermiculite helps with drainage. Both help lighten density. Compost/sludge provides organic nutrients. I put my spent bedding straw directly onto my vegetable garden as mulch. Rain quickly washes and poop down into the soil. It is not “hot” like chicken poop, so it doesn’t need to be composted first.

I wash my vegetables before I use them. Anything I can/preserve gets sterilized in the process. Because I mulch when my plants are quite small, the mulch gets rinsed into the soil before most edible leaves have grown in.

This is great info, thank you. I’m gonna try that blend this weekend