I have been gardening this block for 5 years, not an enormous time, but I don’t use animal products to fertilise I just use compost/mulching/weed tea/and cover crops.

Everything seems fine. Yet every gardening show or whatever will be like “slather that manure and blood and bone on each year, use fish emulsion, fucking sacrifice your firstborn on that shit”. Am I an idiot or do you just not need to do any of that?

edit: not looking for the peanut gallery. Interested in opinions from people who don’t use animal products and what their experience has been.

  • arcane potato (she/they)@vegantheoryclub.orgMEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I didn’t realize this was a vegan instance, I am not promoting the use of these products, just answering OPs question.

    No worries, I figured that is what was going on. I wanted to get it out there because I agree your comments were not promoting it but I thought you were missing some important context.

    On a side note: Does worm casings or worm tea go against vegan principles?

    In my opinion, yes. I agree with Naeve’s comment but will add that for me the concept of speciesm is important. Other beings are here with us, not for us.

    My soil is full of worms and life. I get bunny poop deposits regularly. I achieve this by creating an environment where they have food and a nice place to exist.