One Alaskans greenhouse

[Alasgun]

After a pleasurable morning, i went to the greenhouse to refresh my memory of what needs done.
Like most pretty women, she needs a minute when she first wakes up and even though she’s not got any make-up on yet Her Hottness is still evident!

After leveling last years compost in the beds i packed 25 gallons of water up the hill to begin the process of waking up my microbes. I’ll water a couple times a week from now till i get the drip going and by planting time the soil will be pretty nice. This is also important as i begin working in the amendments and rabbit poop.

Then i went around back to dig out the toyo vent and was greeted with this! Numerous snow slides had taken the gutter completely off the building but thanks to amazing technology that stuff is TOUGH and all i’ll do is replace the one broken bracket and hang it back up.

Uttered a little Thank You Lord and called it a day! After our always too long winters, days like this are pretty special.

 

[Alasgun]

I’m reading about S. African farmers using rabbit urine fermented with molasses as a complete fertilizer.
Now that i have an endless supply, i’ve been using some along with my watering once a week. I’ve known about and use molasses with my watering anyway so adding the rabbit urine is not much of a stretch.
the starts show a pronounced difference this year in vitality which im attributing to the urine.

Research is showing tremendous potential as an insect repellant as well And these folks are saying it kill’s or repels aphids, mites, the mildews etc!

Time will tell. Along the way i‘ll be improving the ambiance in the neighborhood with my oderferous concoction.

 

[Alasgun]

Nen there’s this!!! Now, i know im as weird as anyone you know, however i’ll not be giving this a go anytime soon!

'While today we flush or urine away without giving it a second thought, in ancient times it was considered a valuable commodity. Urine contains a wide array of important minerals and chemicals such as phosphorus and potassium. The Romans believed that urine would make their teeth whiter and keep them from decaying so they used it as a mouthwash and mixed it with pummis to make toothpaste. In fact, urine was so effective that it was used in toothpastes and mouthwashes up until the 1700s.

As far as the Romans were concerned, the best and therefore the most expensive urine on the market came from the country of Portugal. It was supposedly the strongest urine in the world and thus, the choice for whitening teeth. Though most people today would decline the option of a urine-based toothpaste, it actually worked! This is because urine contains ammonia which is used in many household cleaners today. If you leave urine out in an open vat it turns stale and produces ammonia through interaction with the air. In Roman times, this was then used for laundry. Due to the ammonia content, urine was also important for the textiles industry, which was a booming trade during the Roman Empire. Often urine was used to bleach wool or linen and tan leather.'

 

[Zeedman]

My first response upon seeing the photos of your greenhouse was "if I had a greenhouse like that, I'd pitch a cot in there".

I’m reading about S. African farmers using rabbit urine fermented with molasses as a complete fertilizer.
Now that i have an endless supply, i’ve been using some along with my watering once a week. I’ve known about and use molasses with my watering anyway so adding the rabbit urine is not much of a stretch.
the starts show a pronounced difference this year in vitality which im attributing to the urine.

Research is showing tremendous potential as an insect repellant as well And these folks are saying it kill’s or repels aphids, mites, the mildews etc!

Time will tell. Along the way i‘ll be improving the ambiance in the neighborhood with my oderferous concoction.

Well, so much for the cot.

 

[Zeedman]

Nen there’s this!!! Now, i know im as weird as anyone you know, however i’ll not be giving this a go anytime soon!

'While today we flush or urine away without giving it a second thought, in ancient times it was considered a valuable commodity. Urine contains a wide array of important minerals and chemicals such as phosphorus and potassium. The Romans believed that urine would make their teeth whiter and keep them from decaying so they used it as a mouthwash and mixed it with pummis to make toothpaste. In fact, urine was so effective that it was used in toothpastes and mouthwashes up until the 1700s.

As far as the Romans were concerned, the best and therefore the most expensive urine on the market came from the country of Portugal. It was supposedly the strongest urine in the world and thus, the choice for whitening teeth. Though most people today would decline the option of a urine-based toothpaste, it actually worked! This is because urine contains ammonia which is used in many household cleaners today. If you leave urine out in an open vat it turns stale and produces ammonia through interaction with the air. In Roman times, this was then used for laundry. Due to the ammonia content, urine was also important for the textiles industry, which was a booming trade during the Roman Empire. Often urine was used to bleach wool or linen and tan leather.'

Regardless of its potential usefulness, all I can say is

 

[ninnymary]

Please say it isn't true about brushing your teeth with urine. I am assuming they used their own and not some animals?

How do you capture the rabbit urine? Remember I'm a city girl Lol.

Mary

 

[Alasgun]

@ninnymary , either way im not interested. The world is strange enough these days, can you imagine the reception your “white teeth” would get from the general public These days?”

A big part of the set up in the Rabbitry was focused on easy waste handling. The walls are covered with FRP panels as is the bottom tray which is angled to the gutter in the front. All seams were fiberglassed to make them fluid tight. You’ve heard the saying “poop flows down hill”, well, it does; right into a bucket!

*FRP panels = Fiberglass reinforced polyester, same thing as a bathtub surround or a shower stall could be made of.

 

[Alasgun]

Alaskan Rabbit Wine, kinda has a ring to it!

After using the rabbit urine once a week when watering the starts this year im seeing really good things. You maybe saw the earlier post
joking about all the crazy stuff urine has been used for down thru the years but i kept reading and have made some interesting discoveries.

i‘m completely happy with it as it comes from the bunny, however if something can be improved upon; i’m all ears. The fermented urine is where im currently spending time. Following the lead of those south African farmers, i’ve made a batch using urine, molasses & em-1. It has set almost a week with a couple more to go. As the urine ferments the heavy ammonia smell is turning into an almost sweet alcohol smell. I have no doubt that in another couple weeks it will be completely unlike raw urine.
The information tells me it will keep longer and be a more stable product with no more harsh smell once fermentation is complete. Sounds pretty much like “same great results but more user friendly”.

i’ll let you know how this goes. I’ve got roughly 3 gallons of feed stock to get going this coming week, as i use it thats enough for the season im sure!

Alaskan Rabbit Wine!

 

[Alasgun]

It hit 45 today and feels heavenly! Suppose to be like this all week so we’re hopeful winter’s behind us, even though you can see the snow still as deep as the beds; on the outside!
That being said, i got a lot done today and a full week’s worth planned out!
In the greenhouse, all amendments were applied to the beds and forked in then 10 gallons of Rabbit manure was put on and dug in as well before hauling 30 gallons of water up and wetting everything down good.
This afternoon i started the first batch of compost tea which will be the finishing touch until planting time. Probably another couple weeks.
It’s 90 in there this afternoon and i can almost feel the microbes busting out and going to work

 

[Alasgun]

In the past ive not paid particular attention to the soil / seed contact and will change that this year.
a starting place is this dibble board that will cover beets, carrots and parsnips. Another one for onions and i’ll be all set.
All of the raised beds are the same dimension, making a tool like this quite useful. 3X3 inch spacing, 5/16 dowels set at a 1/2 inch depth.