Category Archives: Manure

MENF 2011: We’re all really dirt farmers

Posted on October 5, 2011 by dlhitzeman

Whether we all like it or not, we’re all dirt farmers. You don’t think so? Well, consider this the next time you’re sitting on the pot: you’re finishing the process whereby your body turns the food you have eaten into energy, nutrients, and dirt from which more food can be grown, even if we don’t [...] Continue reading →

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Manure

Posted on May 20, 2011 by dlhitzeman

This morning, I heard an astounding advertisement from an “organic” garden supply company that claimed that manure was bad for you and your garden. Now, to many people, their logic would sound solid. According to the ad, manure based gardening soils are low energy and stink, and if you’ve ever purchased such soils from a [...] Continue reading →

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