Chicken manure can be great for your garden...if it's contained in finished compost! Never put it directly on the garden unless it's in the fall and you won't be growing until spring. Even then, it's best composted to be sure that you don't burn the roots of your plants. Chicken manure can be processed with cold composting, hot composting, it can be made into chicken manure tea and turned into chicken manure pellets. We hot compost ours and have had great results. We offer an online web course that discusses the theory of hot composting as well as a practical segment that shows you how to build a hot pile and produce compost in as little as 18 days! Check out the on demand online web course here: https://www.ticketor.com/thehomesteadatflatrock/tickets/hot-composting-more-compost-less-time-214880 We're a relative new channel and always looking for support help us build our channel! If you found the content interesting and useful, give us a thumbs up! Subscribe to the channel, there's lots more coming! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatrockhomestead Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fr_homestead Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fr_homestead/ MUSIC BY https://www.bensound.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImCI_iFfs34

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Todays order of business...repotting a pot bound fig tree! Yup, you heard it right we can grow fig trees in Newfoundland! This tree was neglected last summer but produced a single ripe fig at 2 years old. The tree produced some woody figs that never ripened. I suspected it was a nutrient issue...and it was! The tree was extremely pot bound and needed a much larger container. There are many recommendations for pot bound trees including box cutting the roots and unravelling the root ball...I opted for the simplicity of just planting it in a new container without disrupting the roots. The tree is now in a good sunny location and espalier will hopefully lead to a productive summer! MY STANDARD GREENHOUSE SOIL MIX! https://youtu.be/n9nsiA3TzYI LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/flatrockhomestead CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fr_homestead/​ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/fr_homestead​ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BLOG: https://flatrockhomestead.blogspot.com​ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmMCzv-5dQ

The weather in Newfoundland has turned and the forecast looks good so we decided it was time to prep the field for our cover crop. In this episode, we till, rake, sow and roll! Check out our garlic bulbil playlist! Theres a direct link at the end of the video! Lots more videos coming! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatrockhomestead Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fr_homestead Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fr_homestead/ Please Like and Subscribe on Youtube! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI5PLGYtCXE