Rabbit "Bean" Tea: The BEST DIY fertilizer around!

[@jimkay4900]

Hey KZbin… IM FUCKING COMMENTING !!! there you go

[@lindaromas]

I’ve been using this tea for 2 yrs now and my garden has been bountiful!

[@WineberryHill]

Thats awesome!

[@creative227]

Okay, I’m now convinced, I’m getting rabbits.

[@WineberryHill]

Well worth the work! Thanks for watching!

[@AnimalsUnlimited]

Looks like a neat rabbit setup 👍🏻 need a video on that 😊

[@WineberryHill]

Noted!

[@bettyqueen1235]

Very smart way of fertilizing your garden! Love this!

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Good overview. Raising rabbits on a small scale is very efficient. The manure is worth almost as much as the meat in the long run.

[@WineberryHill]

So true!

[@kennethelwell8574]

I really like your reuse of stuff and ideas of how to approach tasks. The concrete block risers for the pails are useful even for people shorter than you are! The collection system is neat, as is the way the rabbit beans "freely slide" out of the troughs...

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@michellethompson7090]

You have your own eco system!

[@WineberryHill]

...a teeny little one.

[@notsureofthisone]

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge . We need free USEFUL EDUCATION. 🌻🐇

[@WineberryHill]

My pleasure!

[@matthewcampbell7412]

I like the process you outlined. Maybe I will keep my rabbits.

[@WineberryHill]

You should! Thanks for watching!

[@patriciagamble8867]

Thank you very much for the information. This is the first time I came across your channel. I will subscribe. Thank you.

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@ValiantPeony]

rabbit beans, thats information I needed. Thanks

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@pierrem1216]

Thanks for sharing and great rabbit setup.

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@DeborahStacy-z9u]

Thank you, Lathe

[@WineberryHill]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@mmv10]

Wow this is so new to me! Great info

[@WineberryHill]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@videomurln]

have only seen a few of your videos, and i'm enjoying them, thank you!

[@WineberryHill]

I really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@roselynne7632]

thinking about adding rabbits to the homestead, and this is a great reason!

[@WineberryHill]

Glad I could help...thanks for watching!

[@jessicavalinoti]

What wonderful information! Thank you!

[@WineberryHill]

What a nice comment! Thanks for watching!

[@AmberOBrien]

Wow, is that what your garden looks like right now. That is such an awesome tip. Now I just need the space for rabbits. 😊

[@WineberryHill]

Yeah, everything seemed like it was going to slow down, but it has picked back up in the last couple weeks.

[@jackwaters-503]

Great video!

[@WineberryHill]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching!

[@surewhatever8843]

[Interaction] ❤ Keep up the great work!

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@emcsquare62]

When I was 11, I had an uncle who dropped off a tame rabbit as a hobby for mine. Over a years time, I collected both tame and wild rabbits and ended up with 7 huts of rabbits.

[@WineberryHill]

...they multiply one way or the other!

[@annekatrinerockstad]

Thank you for sharing

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@MelissaWinters-x5i]

Thank you for a very informative video!

[@WineberryHill]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching!

[@HuckleberryJoe]

Enjoying your videos. We are just starting to get to the gardening phase of our off grid living here at Huckleberry Creek. We’ll reconsider rabbits now …

[@WineberryHill]

Welcome and Thanks for watching!

[@MrGrumpman]

Love your work, man. Keep it up👍

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks, will do...and thanks for watching!

[@joesilva758]

Very interested in your rabbit coups. Would love a video on that. Thanks for the continued great content

[@WineberryHill]

Noted...thanks for watching!

[@zacharydesharnais4212]

Always good videos!

[@WineberryHill]

Hey thanks for saying that...and for watching!

[@graciemahan3286]

Thank you 😊

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@graciemahan3286]

@@WineberryHill ur welcome 🦋

[@salesgar]

This is super nice!!!

[@WineberryHill]

Glad you like it!

[@humanpaw]

🐰

[@yanezpolloloko1846]

Sending warm regards from Ecuador. Hope some day to have similar setup

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@danielwarren7033]

Thank you

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@mauDibbTJ]

Thank you

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks Marius, it's amazing to have subscribers like you!

[@davidflannery9746]

thank you so much

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@heatherferiance6001]

Amazing. I need to move so I can have chickens and rabbits!!!

[@WineberryHill]

...they don't do well in the heat... :(

[@heatherferiance6001]

Neither do I. 😅

[@meshedgears2794]

Great information, Can you add to it regarding rate of coverage. You mention emptying once a week, but not how that equates to coverage or how many rabbits for a specific garden size. I am sort of detailed around numbers and was wondering if layering the tea and solids in a compost been might be good or create a stinky mess? -MG

[@WineberryHill]

The supply of manure swings wildly based on population at the time. When I have grow-outs (young rabbits) I need to empty the trays every other day. When it's like that I will often just use it straight as fertilizer/mulch. There is a little more odor with that method. To a certain extent odor comes with the territory. It's just the scent of life in motion!

[@sharalynsena5146]

You have a fabulous setup!!! I will never have anything even close to that, but I didn't have a garden & access to rabbit pellets, which I just put directly into my garden beds. Is there a downside to doing it that way.

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks, yep, you can put the pellets directly in… it just takes longer.

[@j.d.preppingerie6522]

I have chickens now and looking at rabbits, i live in Michigan any ideas on a breed? To eat and use the fertilizer.

[@WineberryHill]

Hey J.D. My main focus was meat production, so a good meat to bone ratio was important. My buck is a American Chinchilla/New Zealand mix and the does are both New Zealand.

[@j.d.preppingerie6522]

@@WineberryHill thanks

[@beefandpork]

Do you have a video on the rabbit hutch design with that manure collection feature? Also, have you not gotten the same results by placing manure directly in the beds and then watering?

[@WineberryHill]

No videos yet. I use the fertilizer this way to maximize the access to the nutrients. Placing the manure in the beds is much slower and more weather dependent (rain).

[@dawnburton5961]

Excellent idea! We are trying to come up with a good design for 2 does and a buck, then rabbit tractors for the babies. Any suggestions?

[@WineberryHill]

Tractors are a little trickier (not impossible) for rabbits because of their digging skills. I entertained the idea of going that route with mine but ultimately decided against it because of how easily they can pick up wild viruses from the ground, tracked in by the local fauna.

[@dawnburton5961]

@@WineberryHill I didn't know about that. Guess I'll have to look into that. Was trying to find a way to feed them for free before they went in the freezer. The parents will be in cages for sure.

[@WineberryHill]

Survey the wild plants around you. In my case I have a lot of forsythia bushes, and maple/oak trees. They love the leaves and branches from those plants. There are myriads of other plants like these. Along those lines look into "pollarding". This is a great way to produce a lot of tender leafy stems from trees like maple and oak. I also have some sections of timothy grass growing near the hutches...great fresh and dried.

[@DeborahStacy-z9u]

where did you get your rabbits and do you have plans for their hutches?

[@WineberryHill]

Facebook groups in my area. I might make the plans available in the future

[@joshuapluim]

I'm curious what you keep rabbits for? Are they pets? Or do you use them for meat and fiber/hides

[@WineberryHill]

Yep...meat, hides and fertilizer.

[@joshuapluim]

Awesome! Looks like a great set up. I appreciate you sharing what you've done. I have give it helpful on several occasions. 😊

[@ericfrancis7816]

We've talked about chickens and rabbits for our 2-acre property. I'm a Southern boy so I am wondering how you keep the rabbits from freezing to death over the winter! What's your MO? Also, what breed do you have? Finally, what's the setup in front of the hutches, with the bins and the little solar panel?

[@WineberryHill]

Rabbits live for cold weather. Here is a great video about how cold: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKndg4Kqf6mYbas I will be doing something similar. My does are New Zealand and my buck is NZ/American Chinchilla Mix. Those are planters in front with a rotating crop of random fodder plants. Currently It's raddish, mainly for the young greens. This little solar panel powers a bug zapper.

[@AlmaVidaHorseRanch]

Do you know anything about alpaca poop? We have one on our farm. Unfortunately no pet rabbits (yet!) ❤

[@WineberryHill]

I've read that it's very similar to rabbit...it's also a "cold" manure.

[@chitza3270]

💙

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@lgmadkelt104]

Do you have building plans for your rabbit hutch?

[@WineberryHill]

Not yet...I might add them in the furure.

[@matthewsheffer2014]

Have you considered using worms to devour the rabbit poop? I’ve heard the resulting worm castings make an incredible fertilizer.

[@WineberryHill]

My raised beds are loaded with earthworms....so I keep them very happy!

[@SYSSYSname]

Do you have video how you take care for your rabbits during winter time? Guess that is during outside are freezing, snow and low temperatures?

[@WineberryHill]

Not yet. Rabbits thrive in cold weather...it's the hot weather that is tough on them.

[@SYSSYSname]

@@WineberryHill I agree with you still also in winter times wild rabbits make tunnels and underground shelter where they thrive in cold weather. So you have your rabbits also in winter cold temperatures in same cages all the time? Maybe you should post new video regarding raising and maintain rabbits thru whole year 👍

[@patricminderhout]

Dead on good

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@angelgrant944]

Can I raise rabbits in the city?

[@WineberryHill]

They can be raised is fairly small spaces

[@johnnyb3929]

Commenting

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!

[@chizisbangarang]

Now the question is, can you package it and ship it? 😜

[@WineberryHill]

...I forgot to mention that it is a bit on the smelly side. If it broke, the mailman would hate us!

[@stewartreid3959]

How many rabbits do you have?

[@WineberryHill]

1 Buck and 2 Does right now. 40 lbs of grow-outs in the freezer. I'm breeding for the next round this week!

[@Ralinos]

😡 don't call it tea if it's not a drink!!! 😂😂

[@WineberryHill]

...that not what my plants say! lol. Thanks for watching!

[@rioseventytwo1121]

Great informative video. Thank you! 😊

[@WineberryHill]

Thanks for watching!