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PEP BB homesteading.straw.compostpasture - Spread Manure/Compost on a Pasture

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posted 4 years ago

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Homesteading.

For this BB, you will be spreading manure/compost on a pasture!

Here is a related video:

Minimum requirement:
- 2 cubic yards of manure (may be completed in several sessions - please just post one time though)

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
- the pasture and the manure/compost before spreading
- part way through spreading the manure/compost on the pasture
- the pasture with manure/compost spread on it

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R Parian

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posted 3 years ago

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I spread about 50 cubic yards of chicken manure on the pasture today - a nasty job for sure. I can still smell/taste it as it is burned into my nostrils after about 5 hours of spreading and 3 hours of washing equipment. But there really is no comparable fertilizer, this stuff produces lush green grass and lasts all year unlike commercial fertilizer I used once and it barely made the grass green and after a few months I couldn't even tell that I had applied it. I think it just washed down into the subsoil past the roots.