Soil Preparation and Analysis
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Subject: Llama Manure
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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I decided to create a statewide directory of manure sources for our club members. One source I kept running across was Llama farms. It is my opinion that most don't keep enough heads to accumulate enough manure to attract our attention but I may be wrong.
Either way; has anyone used Llama manure & if so, what was your impression?
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11/23/2004 8:15:58 AM
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moondog |
Indiana
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how are you going about this tremor?
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11/23/2004 8:43:05 AM
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Whidbey |
Whidbey Island
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Ask Dave Creuziger (Wisc), I believe he has. I've never used it, but llama manure is raved about by many gardeners. It has to be used carefully & well composted. Llamas tend to use a communal bathroom, as it were, and so in the middle of a llama pasture will be a big pile of it, waiting to be scooped up.
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11/23/2004 8:44:13 AM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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Llamas have a pile they poop in. These piles can get very big. There droppings look like that of a deer. I have my eye on a small mountain that I drive by ever day.
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11/23/2004 10:04:02 AM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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Customer who sell feed (Agway's etc) know who the Dairy producers are. They also know who stables enough Horses to make sense.
I also hit the States Dept. of Agriculture website for a list of active livestock farmers.
The trouble is the yuppy rich who want a tax break on their house. They'll incorporate their homestead as a farm & stable a couple horses. These are not the people I want on the list. So it isn't as easy as a simple "cut & paste" operation. Likewise some Llama farms only keep 10-20 heads.
Quite a few of these "hobby farmers" are out here nowadays. It keeps their kids & non-working spouses happy. But they really don't need me showing up with a pick-em-up truck & shovel. LOL
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11/23/2004 10:18:17 AM
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