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Llama "Poo-Tea"

Natural, sterilized and as close to organic* as manure can get!

How we make this terrific stuff...

First, perhaps we should be clear that most of the work is done by JoJo, Baxter, Rita and Michelle (pictured to the right).  They leave the pellets for us in convenient little piles. 

Llama manure is... simply put... terrific stuff for your plants.  The llama "beans" as they are often called (as they resemble coffee beans, or rabbit poo, or whatever other "bean like" thing you care to imagine) break down slowly, releasing their nutrients into your plants. 

Other advantages include:

• almost no smell (ideal for indoor plants)
• extremely rich in Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium
• will not "burn" your plants
• does not enrich folks at large chemical companies like Monsanto (just a bit of righteous indignation)

While you can spread the manure around your plants - we have found that you get a more effective use by mixing it with water, creating a “tea.”  Simply place about one cup of llama poo in a 1 gallon container (old milk jugs work well) and let it sit for a day or two.  Then use this mix to water your plants.  Keep adding water as you use the mix until the water no longer turns a nice “tea” color.  Then dump the sludge from the gallon jug on your plants - and do it all over again.  One cup of poo will make about 10 gallons of “tea.”

Before shipping the “poo” to you, we gather it, dry and compost it for several months (not really necessary, but we do it anyway), then we sterilize them by nuking them in a microwave for a bit.  We do this to make sure no seeds survive that could possibly germinate later and spoil your perfect petunias.  The beans are then packaged in either a one-quart or one-gallon bag and shipped off to you.

* We hesitate to call our manure "organic" as there are many rules and requirements to use that label properly and it typically refers only to items that you consume.  But we are pretty fussy about what our llamas eat - which is alfalfa hay in the winter, clean fresh Appalachian grass in the summer and a special mix of grains from our local feed mill year-round.  That, plus rainwater, are the raw materials going into this "pert near" organic product. 

Makes about 20 gallons

Makes about 80 gallons

Makes about 20 gallons

Makes about 80 gallons