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[CarolynF]

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Thanks for the information, it prompted me to do a little reading and as result I've learned a few more bits and pieces for our gardening. This was interesting.... hardwoods that are young, like new branches have about twice as much potassium than the older wood. Never would have guessed. And ash from the bbq briquettes are not helpful in the garden. Rats. oh well.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Thanks for the information, it prompted me to do a little reading and as result I've learned a few more bits and pieces for our gardening.  This was interesting.... hardwoods that are young, like new branches have about twice as much potassium than the older wood.  Never would have guessed.  And ash from the bbq briquettes are not helpful in the garden.  Rats.  oh well.

Yup. Any of the cane fruits love that stuff, even the natives like sun (thimble), salmon and black berries. I also like to use prenatal vitamins with chelated iron for my iron loving plants.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Here's the indigo rose tomato with the help of a mylar birthday banner

 

[Chickielady]

I've been thinking... I know there are some claimed benefits of adding apple cider vinegar to chicken water. Any idea of adding a little kombucha to the water would do the same trick?

The vinegar does change the PH of water, and thus gives those benefits of making life difficult for alot of strains of bacteria...but I would not waste my kombucha, nor any other of my foodstuffs.
I do give them extra kefir grains every so often.
Not because I think they need it: Chickens are not mammals, and have little use for any of the bacteria needed to digest milk or milk products...but I have extra grains, they get them, just like any other table scraps.

 

[Chickielady]

Agreed, blueberries, strawberries, rhododendron, and azaleas all love acid and iron too. But the cane berries and roses dig the potassium in the, especially hard wood, ash. We get 8 to 10 ft tall raspberry canes and berries up to the diameter of quarters.

Tomaters dig alkaline, too...I would use the ash in the mater bed...and thus save the $ spent on lime.

 

[Chickielady]

Our two best broodies are speckled sussex. They've each done two batches, neither one liked the dog or ducks near. Poor dog.

They beat up your dog ?

 

[Chickielady]

Wow. Id like to see a picture of that

If she sends me pics, I'll post them here.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Tomaters dig alkaline, too...I would use the ash in the mater bed...and thus save the $ spent on lime.

And above all the plants love chicken poo

 

[Cockatrice6420]

They beat up your dog ?

Yup, nothing like watching a momma bird puff up twice her size and charge after a dog, we've gotten many laughs and are very thankful the ladies are nice to us people types.

 

[Chickielady]

Yikes! Are you sure that's not the one in the movie "The Blob"??
I've never seen one, but I might be with your mom on this!

Momma scoby has babies hanging underneath


My dad left this kombucha on the kitchen counter (on 2nd ferment) and look at the baby scoby he grew !

I put this baby scoby in a 1 gallon jar of sweet green tea & ginger and it is almost full sized now, in 1 week !