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 we would be happy to sell you a 5 gallon bucket of this dandy stuff if you stop by Blue Rock Station, it just isn't practical to ship such large amounts through the mail.   So we suggest our handy (and cute) little pint jar that is just the right size to make a gallon of "Poo-Tea."  We will send you instructions, but basically you simply add the contents of the jar to a recycled plastic gallon jug filled with water, let it steep for a day or two, then water your plants with it.  Just that simple!

We gather them, dry and compost them 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 a pretty little pint jar 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.