10-14-2009, 11:43 AM
(10-13-2009, 10:22 AM)Richard Wrote: Interesting topic. Many years ago, Spider Robinson wrote a short story that kind of describes this condition. I can’t remember the whole story, but apparently a virus? (or something) made people unable to handle the effects of modern civilization by ultra heightening the sense of smell. The disaster scenarios are implied…since the story deals with the societal developments some time after. Where humanity had split off into conclaves growing their own food and maintaining cleanliness etc..but no chemicals, automobiles, etc…bodily cleanliness was an issue also in the story.
(Though how you fertilize a garden w/ out using chemicals and having it not stink to high heaven was not dealt with)…nonetheless, that storyline has always sort of stuck with me.
Oh..By the way…the seams in socks drive me nuts too.
Richard
If the manure you are using stinks like poop--- then it is what is called "uncured" or "green" fertilizer. Manure needs to be seasoned for one whole rotation of a year of seasons and rotated in the spring and fall before it gets frozen if in northern regions. This will allow it to decompose and will have a nice humus odor after one rotation of seasoning.
The other thing you can do to fertilize your garden is to simply start a compost pile... I like the pile method as I have too many things to do and too little of a budget to buy a fancy compost holder contraption... so I just put a layer of newspaper down in the far corner of the yard and we collect all flora refuse in a container and dump on the newspaper. The newspaper seems to attract earthworms which then eat their happy selves through the compost... add in some used coffee grounds daily and the worms are estatic... it might be the caffeine--lol... Then after one season simply turn the pile and use what used to be on the bottom of the pile but now is the top of the pile as fertilizer... the plants love it!
--fairyfarmgirl