Rabbit Manure Better than Cow Manure for Organic Gardening? and more Q&A

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @natemorlock2379
    @natemorlock2379 7 лет назад +112

    he starts talking about rabbit manure at 7:00 if that helps anybody.

  • @jimsmij
    @jimsmij 9 лет назад +17

    Because rabbit manure is not "hot" it can be applied directly to your garden, but composting it first does add beneficial bacteria and fungi.
    If I had rabbits, I would do both, apply some directly and compost some.
    Good video, as always, John. Thanks for taking the time and sharing.

  • @dreamchaisr1
    @dreamchaisr1 9 лет назад +21

    When I was married and raised rabbits we had the most beautiful garden and my roses were amazing and all I used was rabbit poo... don't even have to compost it, you can use it just like it comes, lol

  • @OceanSpritePixieBobs
    @OceanSpritePixieBobs 3 года назад +4

    I raise my own meat rabbits Organically and always put rabbit manure in my garden thats basically all i grow in. My tomato plants get too tall i litterally have to climb a ladder or cut the plants down. ITS AMAZING. thank you for having this Video i brag and tell people go talk to 4-h people find out who raises rabbits and ask them for manure i sell feed bags full for 7.00 but only after my garden is primed i do not have to use feed or fertilizer at all any more.

  • @hogwilder2198
    @hogwilder2198 9 лет назад +8

    I had 2 rabbits and they were great pets. They also mad a lot of poop. :) I would mix oak leaves, lots of mixed greens and veggies, and loads of decent native soil with the manure. I found a local grocery store that would leave out ALL of there "bad" produce for me so I could have extra treats for my bunnies and compost material(try small stores, Wal-Mart types won't help you). The earthworms loved it after a few years, so I had some worm casting in there too! After it was all composted down, mixed up, it was so black and rich; a little bit went a long way! I had 3 separate bins, just to be sure everything "cooked" down good. Probably not the best for a huge garden, but it worked great for us. BUT I would caution, just like anything, know your PH and don't over-do it. And please don't eat the rabbits....especially after the Kids name them. :-)

    • @hogwilder2198
      @hogwilder2198 9 лет назад +1

      It was a fun, cheap set-up for a small/medium garden. I love the idea of having animals around. Making your own stuff, when you can. Aqua-ponics is so neat as well! Using the Talapia for fertilizer and a food source(again, don't name the fish is you plan to eat them...haha). I just like any system where there's a closed symbiotic relationship and nothing is wasted! Good stuff!

  • @wbartman1
    @wbartman1 7 лет назад

    i love your channel. you always have great info. because of you and a local gardener in los angeles that you showed on your channel i came back into gardening after neglect my garden a few years of unsuccess. now my garden is lushed of leafy greens, tomatoes, and fruit trees. Thank you John and keep teaching!

  • @rachelfurtado7734
    @rachelfurtado7734 7 лет назад +4

    thanks John for all the info! always checking out your vids we're growing our greens at home too! thanks for inspiration.

  • @theTORTUGAZUL
    @theTORTUGAZUL 9 лет назад +2

    I think this has been my favorite Q & A to date .

  • @marliem.5575
    @marliem.5575 6 лет назад +1

    I've thrown rabbit manure in directly under my vegetable plants because it's the safest and most versatile to use fertilizer on even delicate herbs. I throw it directly under my vegetable plants and it's given me very good results last year, I kept getting more tomatoes than I knew what to do with. I'd highly recommend throwing rabbit poops directly to heavy-feeding plants. I haven't had any bad results fertilizing on a monthly schedule. I've read in many sources that a rabbit's digestive system breaks down food completely which is why it's pelleted and doesn't require aging/drying/rotting like cow, chicken, and horse manures. Just sweep them off the floor, and our to the garden it goes! I also compost the excess amount when it's not time to fertilize and it does very well.

  • @ramonsalinas6218
    @ramonsalinas6218 9 лет назад +1

    They have all your organic needs. Rock dust such as glacial rock dust and basalt rock dust. Awesome amendments and easy to make enzymes. They really have some good quality products.

  • @ValCronin
    @ValCronin 9 лет назад +1

    Looking well, John. Whatever you've been doing, keep doing it.

    • @courtneymcfarland8333
      @courtneymcfarland8333 9 лет назад +4

      Right? If he got sick in his early 20s and hes been eating healthy/raw & juicing for 20 years since that, that means hes in his early to mid 40s right? WHAT??? he looks like early 30s at the most!

  • @jeroenlichtenauer5242
    @jeroenlichtenauer5242 9 лет назад +1

    As an idea for making green juice that doesn't taste awful, I found out that if I mix spinach and kale in equal amounts (or maybe a bit more spinach than kale), their strong tastes cancel each other out. I used to add lots of fruits to make green juice drinkable, but now I just juice 5 ounces of spinach and 4 ounces of kale with 2 carrots and one big apple. Nothing else, just that! I was surprised it is even easier for me to drink this green juice than water. Theoretically, the oxalic acid of the spinach is expected to prevent the body's absorption of the calcium in the kale. So if you intend to consume kale for its calcium content, it might be good to know that some people say it's better to juice it separately to benefit more from the kale's calcium. But I'm sure it's a lot better to have kale with spinach together than not having them at all, or a lot less. Cheers!

  • @tonyedward6909
    @tonyedward6909 3 года назад +1

    Rabbit manure is pure gold!

  • @TwisterChrisable
    @TwisterChrisable 9 лет назад

    I had poor soil for my raised bed so I put crushed leaves in and added some organic compost and that did a great job at growing.

  • @menikmati3187
    @menikmati3187 5 лет назад +2

    Rabbit manure doesn't need to undergo hot composting it's directly available to microbes in the soil. Most plants will even sprout from seed in rabbit manure and grow without being over fed.

  • @334outdoors8
    @334outdoors8 9 лет назад

    One thing we do around here in south Alabama is use chicken litter it's mixed with peanut hulls and mixed and allowed to compost break down and burn off the bad bacteria before getting spread on crops another that we use on the bigger farms is "cooked" human "compost" most towns dont send sewage to treatment plants they store it in large ponds then later take the partially broken down feces and mix it with "hot line" the will heat it to 200+ degrees and cook it off so it's safe to use on the crops

  • @guifercon
    @guifercon 9 лет назад +1

    As on "One straw revolution" book, you could suggest to plant clovers as nitrogen fixation culture, also useful to retain moisture and break the soil with its roots.
    After it grows, you cover with hay, straws, and plant your final crop.

    • @courtneymcfarland8333
      @courtneymcfarland8333 9 лет назад

      yeah cover crops and green manures would be a great idea for someone with acreage. There is the garden of eden wood chips method as well... there are so many natural options! I can' t wait to have some property to try out some various methods of enriching soil.

    • @nobull772
      @nobull772 2 года назад

      Yep, I was thinking micro clovers, but can’t of afraid it might take over the lawn. You could also get some mycorrhiza inoculant and add it to legumes

  • @morganicwisdom6685
    @morganicwisdom6685 9 лет назад +2

    Another good video! I 'm using Llama beans and Compost this year

  • @OmarMiralles
    @OmarMiralles 9 лет назад

    As usually you keep raising the bar for everyone who wants to learn and move on to a healthy lifestyle.

  • @AgendaInMind
    @AgendaInMind 9 лет назад

    I wouldn't use top soil. We converted our existing garden into a raised bed garden with 6 beds that are 4 x 20. Having read a lot about compost, we gathered tons of leaves at the local leaf drop off area, and since you need a 3 to 1 ratio of carbon (leaves) to greens (dead plant material), it wasn't hard to produce a nice pile of healthy compost. Nearly all leaves are organic because most people don't spray trees, but be sure there aren't grass clippings mixed in. If you turn the compost pile by hand with a fork, it will break down quicker, just keep it covered with a tarp if you get too much rain. Once the compost is nicely broken down, and the beds were framed out, I bought a couple kiddy pools at Walmart. I dumped a wheel barrow full of compost in the pool, the same amount of peat moss, and another one of vermiculite. You can buy that in bulk online. It makes the soil nice and airy!! Mix it all up with a shovel. We also added composted pig manure and earth worm castings plus rock dust. Because you have 1/3 of it as compost, the bio activity will soon take over in the peat moss. If your beds are on top of grass, put 3 layers of cardboard on top of the grass. We then filled the beds until we had 6 inches of soil. This is the minimum depth, and if you've ever pulled a vegetable out you can see the roots aren't too long, but the plan was to add more soil with the following years compost, and build it up more and more. We have enough board height for a foot of soil. This plan saved us money, and I knew what was in the compost because we produced it. The years after, we didn't need to use any more peat and only a little vermiculite. Start with only a few beds, and gradually add more to see how many you really need and can keep up with. Good luck!!

  • @OceanSpritePixieBobs
    @OceanSpritePixieBobs 3 года назад

    for people with rabbits get 4 or 5 stall cages and 4 t posts a couple 4x8 ply wood and put those cages with your rabbits above your garden and you can move it every 2 weeks

  • @TheMegtay123
    @TheMegtay123 9 лет назад

    Congrats on your 20th year eating good! Thanks for sharing

  • @Ed19601
    @Ed19601 9 лет назад

    I use Rabbit manure, but I throw it on the compost heap. You mentioned cardboard slurry and I must admit I use a lot of cardboard in my garden, some in lasagna gardening and some just in my compost heap. I leave my compost for about two years. I am sure it isnt the ideal compost process coz I dont tilt it or whatever, so maybe part of it is rotting, but it does well. I throw anything on it: carton, kitchen scraps, eggshells etc.
    I know there are many 'rules' about what you should or not should put on yr compost heap, but I just take it easy and I get great compost
    You also mentioned 'humanure' Well. I did test that last season:
    I made several holes with a ground core drill, making 6 inch wide holes about 40-50 cm deep.
    Half I filled up, almost to the top with humanure and topped it off with compost, the other half of the holes I filled with compost alone. Planted courgettes in it. The humanure courgettes did significantly better.
    I may start to use humanure much more, but it is a bit of a process to collect and keep it.

  • @bazdaniels7420
    @bazdaniels7420 6 лет назад +1

    The Q&A videos are my favorite of your GYG channel !
    (I do play video games though haha)
    Thank you again for doing all these, always very inspiring and also helpful.
    ::Thumbsup::
    ::Thumbsup::

  • @m3lis5a
    @m3lis5a 9 лет назад

    I love your videos. Have you ever considered putting all your advice into a book? With tabs and sections.

  • @TheVbird420
    @TheVbird420 9 лет назад

    Best way to use rabbit manure is to compost it with worms. A lot of the cheaper coir can have a lot of salt buildup and you should rinse with 3 gallons of water to gallon of coir before use, especially if you are growing indoors. Just my two cents. Great advice from John as always!

  • @lamoabird
    @lamoabird 5 лет назад +1

    I love rabbit manure. I use it fresh on everything. Flower, berries, fruit trees... works great!

  • @freewaybaby
    @freewaybaby 9 лет назад

    Great information as always; thanks for all you do!

  • @svetlanikolova5557
    @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад +1

    1. worm compost- castings 2. rabbit manure 3. goat manure these 3 are the best and don't need composting! they can go straight in the garden ! 4. fall leaves are in that department of instant compost! these 4 make your garden explode with harvest!

    • @psychogorilla7496
      @psychogorilla7496 8 лет назад

      I heard that but I also heard it suppose to be watered down then dried because of parasites/pathogens?

    • @svetlanikolova5557
      @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад

      +Psycho Gorilla not if you work it in the ground. Do it in the fall before it snows and in February before planting. The worms will ear it up! You water down chicken manure for 3 days before use ! But if you wash it it wont hurt any.

    • @psychogorilla7496
      @psychogorilla7496 8 лет назад

      +Svetla Nikolova thank you

    • @svetlanikolova5557
      @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад

      +Psycho Gorilla you are quite welcome!

  • @MaybeFactor
    @MaybeFactor 9 лет назад

    27:50 Having tried kale from the store and home grown kale: store bought was horrible and bitter, the home grown had an almost buttery flavour. The difference was really amazing.

  • @murrayrunge5602
    @murrayrunge5602 6 лет назад

    I both compost rabbit manure with hay, straw and leaves as well as directly adding to my garden in fall. Worms seem to like the composted rabbit manure and pee but in order to make good castings many varieties of organic waste is best with both fruit and vegetable scraps. I am not familiar with what they feed cattle here as well as all the vaccines and drugs, so in knowing what i feed my rabbits and their waste not burning plants, in that way rabbit manure is much better in my experience and understanding. If i were to use horse or cow manure it would just be to add heat to my compost bin to stay active during the winter in small amounts.

  • @Josef_R
    @Josef_R 9 лет назад +1

    I ate a Buttery Jack for breakfast the other day...no comparison to broccoli. Sooooo good.

  • @dannoquin7322
    @dannoquin7322 9 лет назад

    Thanks, John, I like your passion man!

  • @WilbardAngula
    @WilbardAngula 2 месяца назад

    Thanks a lot for the information

  • @courtneymcfarland8333
    @courtneymcfarland8333 9 лет назад

    How about lasagna gardening for the viewer who was asking about raised beds on their 10 acre property?
    I'm sure theres more than enough leaves and grass and soil and other materials they could gather from their own land, layer up in some raised beds, wait a season for it all to break down or just top off the beds with compost and get growing right away...

  • @alfalfa
    @alfalfa 9 лет назад

    $13 shipped for the 11lb (5kg) coir on amazon...best price I've seen online.

  • @aconsideration
    @aconsideration 7 лет назад

    I love how you care what we eat. And, you are exactly right about the doctors nowadays. They want to make that kickback on the scripts they write so all other remedies are bogus to them. Our society is so sad.

  • @grintalthecrafter3604
    @grintalthecrafter3604 9 лет назад

    That soil at the base of his wall looks alot like the soil I got here at my house, gravel with some clay to fill in the spaces between the rocks. It makes for some hard gardening the first couple years till you get the bigger rocks picked out and enough organic material to keep the soil loosened.

  • @JoeFeser
    @JoeFeser 9 лет назад +1

    With 10 acres, I would have at least one acre of wood chips to break down. Have you see the kale that John Kohler demos in wood chips a year or so ago :)

    • @eyeYQ2
      @eyeYQ2 9 лет назад +2

      redherring Make SURE you always leave some to go to seed, as those seeds can be very expensive. But remember some seeds like carrots need 2 years to grow before they can be harvested for seeds : )

  • @jukedandy29
    @jukedandy29 9 лет назад

    i got my tree collard cuttings from bountiful gardens and 2/3 took root

  • @chelseytyler88
    @chelseytyler88 8 лет назад +1

    .... I work full time and just looked outside to see that my weeds and grass took over my garden... But my cucumbers are doing great! Oh well, this is what I get for having a demanding job

  • @JoeFeser
    @JoeFeser 9 лет назад

    We are covered in Frost, no snow. 2 nights in the past month of < 20. Swiss Chard is dead dead. Strawberries can't be killed. Garlic is coming up. :)

  • @JacobTiffin
    @JacobTiffin 9 лет назад

    Good stuff as always. I have just started a raising rabbits. Californian Meat Rabbits

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower 9 лет назад +1

      Jacob Tiffin I will give you a great tip to make some income -- rabbit poop is in high demand right now, AND GROWING, but in short supply as far as online orders go. I highly recomend you save it, bag it in brown commercial paper bags like other organic nutrients, get an NPK test done, and sell it! Its literally money from crap, you can ship a huge bundle for 5 bucks to anyone in the 48 states via USPS.
      Squarespace is 8 bucks a month to make a website, or use Dwolla and make your own free webpage on another host.
      Good luck

    • @JacobTiffin
      @JacobTiffin 9 лет назад

      I have thought of this how much is it worth. Do you no from experience.

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower 9 лет назад

      Jacob Tiffin
      Less than Nitrogen bat guano, so between 4-10 bucks for a pound or two I would estimate. Look into it man, organic gardeners would buy it up if you can find some locally to sell to.

  • @JoeFeser
    @JoeFeser 9 лет назад

    I live 10 miles from a vermiculite mine and even at $7 a bag for 4 cubic feet, I find that anything over 15% does not do as well. It is most likely a watering issue.

  • @mreisma
    @mreisma 9 лет назад +1

    john how can i buy your tree collard seeds?

  • @chelseytyler88
    @chelseytyler88 8 лет назад

    I have a rabbit and save the poop. I put the poo in a trash can, put comfrey in there and egg shells before I add water. I water my garden with that once a week. It seems to be helping- but I would like your recommendation in regards to what I'm doing. Your insight would help because I'm new to gardening and and just a frequent reader.

    • @svetlanikolova5557
      @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад

      bury the rabbit poo around the roots of every plant ! do this 3 times per year! the rest leave in a pile and leave it alone! this is the easiest you can do! the rest is done by worms and nature! when you see worms in the rabbit manure start adding your kitchen scraps without onions garlic and citrus! leave these 3 in a hot composting pile!

    • @chelseytyler88
      @chelseytyler88 8 лет назад

      +Svetla Nikolova Thank You!

    • @svetlanikolova5557
      @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад

      +Chels T do you have any other questions you want me to answer ?

  • @JoeFeser
    @JoeFeser 9 лет назад +2

    First. Rock on man!

    • @eyeYQ2
      @eyeYQ2 9 лет назад +4

      Rock Dust...LOL ; )

  • @omarm.d2578
    @omarm.d2578 8 лет назад

    How we keep insects off our plants if we cant use pesticides?

    • @ncbully7630
      @ncbully7630 8 лет назад

      fly swatter

    • @svetlanikolova5557
      @svetlanikolova5557 8 лет назад

      if you have healthy plants you will not need to use pesticides! also neem oil water and soap works great and is organic! whatever you do do not kill off the life in the soil with chemicals! add leaves in the soil to build it up as well! any more questions please ask

  • @AlejandraM1738
    @AlejandraM1738 7 лет назад

    hahhahaha i placed my first order....all in the name of supporting your girlfriend. :)

  • @kufijames6904
    @kufijames6904 6 лет назад

    round up the rats and collect the manure to fertilize the plants

  • @MrPercythrower
    @MrPercythrower 9 лет назад

    The hills around me are infested with rabbits ,fantastic

  • @PhatGrrl
    @PhatGrrl 9 лет назад

    we have pygmy goats, can we use goats manure?

  • @TwisterChrisable
    @TwisterChrisable 9 лет назад +1

    But snow ball fights, sledding, making a snowman and snow angels. Snow is not that bad

    • @johnware6272
      @johnware6272 5 лет назад

      vs riding bikes or motorcycles. vs grillin while you are chillin. vs pool party. vs fishing. vs no jackets. vs no such thing as a furnace. you lose. sincerely, everyone in Florida.

  • @Splendid123456789
    @Splendid123456789 5 лет назад +1

    According to the Bible, Ezekiel 4:12-15, cooking food over manure is a defilement. I would think that would also apply to growing food over manure. God bless!

    • @robs9574
      @robs9574 4 года назад +1

      Freedom USA I’d have no problem cooking a pork chop over dried buffalo chips. It’s impossible to grow food in the ground without running into some poop. Hydroponics have no flavor. Jesus changed what we can eat. He gave us bacon back.

    • @tonyedward6909
      @tonyedward6909 3 года назад

      Actually yahweh aka god said cook using human dong then changed his mind.

    • @Splendid123456789
      @Splendid123456789 3 года назад

      @@robs9574 I do agree with you there, but it's still a bit confusing, needs more reading I think. I use manure to grow food too, I will have to look up the scripture about cooking over dung in context to see what the whole point was. God bless!

    • @Splendid123456789
      @Splendid123456789 3 года назад

      @@tonyedward6909 Can you paate the scriptures, that's an interesting thought, I'd like to see what you mean.

    • @simplyengineering2350
      @simplyengineering2350 2 года назад +1

      You don't eat the poo when the plants break down and turn it into plant molecules. However you do eat the poo if you use it for cooking in any manner. xD

  • @uchibauki2515
    @uchibauki2515 4 года назад

    Why does my rabbit manure just like balls for days not breaking down 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @toluihidero5981
      @toluihidero5981 4 месяца назад

      It will eventually break down. Cheers.

  • @constantine8601
    @constantine8601 9 лет назад

    woow... hes not shouting any more :D nice...

    • @ncbully7630
      @ncbully7630 8 лет назад

      GROWWWING YOUR GREENS WE GOT T SHIRTS!!! N ROCK DUST!!

  • @OakCliffFlatlander
    @OakCliffFlatlander 9 лет назад

    you dont play video games! what about pinball?

  • @Avilacrazy
    @Avilacrazy 6 лет назад

    half-life*

  • @artgarza5470
    @artgarza5470 6 месяцев назад

    Seems you got off the subject, just keep it focused and simple dude..

  • @bisdakpinoy3428
    @bisdakpinoy3428 4 года назад

    Too much intro shiiiiiiit

  • @thehoodfarmer2676
    @thehoodfarmer2676 2 года назад

    Just subscribed to your channel looking to grow my new channel as well great video 😎