Sunday, November 11, 2007

Animal Blood & Left Overs as Fertilizers

As you may have heard during the "Mad-Cow" scandal, the general public found out that what had been making the cows ill, was their food, what they called here in France "Farine Animale", which would be some sort of Grinded Animal Left overs, and Blood... So... I was just thinking, it would probably be a much better idea to use these left overs as well as animal blood in general as an Ecological Fertilizer. As you may have already heard, composting is an ecologically friendly method of fertilizing, and it is basically rotten organic matter, generally made from household food left overs... So basically, Animal Blood and Left Overs (not including bones*) would also make ideal compost material, especially since blood generally contains high levels of iron, which is an important micro-nutrient for plants. Additionally, I also find it likely that it is an even better fertilizer alternative than manure... Otherwise, Cacao could also be use as ecological fertilizer to supply crops with micro-nutrient minerals such as iron and magnesium, and rotten oysters for zinc, as they contain high levels of this mineral.


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*: and use the bones to make candy, jellow, or pudding...


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