ENVS 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Woodchips
20 Nov 2015
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The next morning pollan wakes up late, 6 a. m. , the salatins are already out in the field. He rushes to join them and spends a day learning how salatin runs the farm. Salatin"s way of imitating what he sees as the natural tendency for birds to follow herbivores, feeding on the larvae and parasites in the manure and helping fertilize the solid in the process. He uses similar principles for his rabbits, cows and pigs. Raken (a blend between rabbit and chicken ) where their cages are suspended over a deep bedding of woodchips that the chickens get to mine for earthworms. Salatin"s cattle live in an open-faced barn on a bed made of woodchips, straw, and their own manure. Salatin discovered that by allowing the manure to compost in the barn itself, he could save on heating costs (the compost produces heat).
