Composting/vermiculture ping!
I do most of my composting with worms. I also have a passive compost pile as described by the author. I love letting the worms do all of the work for me.
There is nothing better than compost. I’m going to try to get a hold of some mushroom compost and worm castings this summer. Also plan to get some nice mushy seaweed, give it a good washing with fresh water and work it into the garden. Should make a nice compost.
Has anyone out there ever tried heating a hot house with fresh manure? I have a friend who used to heat her cold frames with horse manure. I want to be able to try and winter over some stuff in my hot house in Nova Scotia but am way too cheap to use fuel. I’m thinking of pails of fresh horse manure. The building is pretty small so it might just work.
I remember seeing a program years ago on PBS about a woman who had a greenhouse attached to her chicken house. She vented the chicken air, which was very warm, into the greenhouse and had free heat all winter. I believe the her property was somewhere in the northeast but can’t be positive.