I saw a few dead large tilapia about 15-18 inches long near the lake bank on my morning walk. I decided to use a skimmer net to scoop them up one by one and bury them in a woodchip pile next to my loquat, mango, avocado, star fruit, and fig fruit trees.
What a nice combination of a free source of carbon (wood chips) and nitrogen (fish) to make perfect plant food! I can feel these fruit plants are getting very excited when I bury the fish next to them :)
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Dead fish stink! Yet, there is no smell at all when dead fish is buried in the wood chips. The carbon in the wood chips absorbs the odor of decaying dead fish. Together they will make perfect compost!
Nice way to source free nitrogen! I think I maybe would have spread them out...but the tree roots will find your little pocket of energy!!
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Fantastic idea. I will remember that when we see something from nature that could go under a tree to assist in the growing. It all comes from the earth. It should all go back to the earth.
Absolutely! From dust to dust - nature produces no waste. Thank you for stopping by :)
Well done. Many people would ignore or even complain about seeing a dead fish, then proceed to pay $5 for a bottle of liquid fertilizer that is made from dead fish. Functionally no different than finding cash.
Haha ... upcycle makes dead fish like cash. Thank you for the very nice perspective :)
This information is wonderful and very useful dear @cheneats.
Good manure is what a man needs today for a good farm, thank you for everything you give us, and I always hope to see more of you
Thank you for your kind words and for dropping by today :)
Welcome dear @cheneats
Nice post great info thanks
You're welcome!
good job bro
Thank you!
yes dead fish have many uses. missing cheneats these days. missing all the interesting posts re food and flowers and permaculter. Hope all is well :))
Spring is finally here! I spend more time working in my garden than in front of the computer. Thank you for checking. I am well and started to get tan. Hope all is well with you, too. Keep running. :)))
whew!. I was wondering, but then I thought, cheneats must be in the garden. good for you..I dont blame you. not sure what I am going to do in the nice weather. beach, garden, running..cant say the computer will come first. thanks for stopping by :)))
This is brilliant!
I would be scared to do it here... it would be bear bait?
Even if i put ash and chips..i suspect it would cause me grief... unless i do it when they go to bed?
I have raccoons and possums here. But of course, they can't harm people like bears. One way is to dig a very deep hole into the ground to bury them or use a bear-proof container. Just some thoughts :) Thank you so much for stopping by.
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STOPHi , dear friend @cheneats
i like fish very much .
thnx for sharing my dear friend
I like fish for food, too, but not dead ones ;)
You can buy compositor garbage cans. Makes perfect soil for your flowers and plant life in the garden. In Norway we have compulsory sorting of bio/plastic/paper garbage. It’s green friendly ;)
That's a very nice green regulation. Here it is only suggested to recycle and up to each individual to do it. My own personal policy is that no organical matters leave my property. They will eventually become compost over time and used in my garden. Thank you for stopping by :)
great job! now it will become a fertilizer! hehehe
Thank you! Nature never produces waste :)
Oh that's amazing! Now I know. Too bad if there's no wood chips around...
Instead of wood chips, you can use brown materials such as leaves, straw, hay and sawdust. They are high in carbon and are a source of energy for the compost microbes. Thank you for stopping by and commenting :)
Oh okay... Got it. :) Welcome and thanks for letting me know.