Rabbit Pellets, Poop, Manure, whatever you call it, it is Garden Gold (A quick overview)

Please don’t tell me you simply toss your rabbit’s litter waste!

Whether your rabbits are indoor or outdoor, their droppings are the best manure available.

Let’s have a little discussion about manure.
Generally speaking, all commercial grade fertilizers are made of N-P-K
~Nitrogen-Phosphorous-Potassium~
All plants need these three elements to survive, and
rabbit manure is unique, because it has a very high level of Nitrogen.

Many people ask what use a rabbit is on the farm if you don’t intend on eating them. I am always perplexed by this question. What good is a cat then? Rabbits make great pets, and I advocate for keeping rabbits indoors as pets, and even on this small scale, a single rabbit can make a vital contribution to your farm, or even your windowsill garden.

Rabbit manure is also considered a ‘cold manure,’ which is another reason it is unique. This means that you can add it directly to your garden without needing it to go through the compost pile first.

The tightly compacted droppings create a ‘time-released’ fertilizer, because it takes several weeks for them to bread down in the garden.

When I clean the litter box, I walk out to my garden, and simply dump it in the rows.

All winter this accumulates in the garden, and come spring, I put the tiller to it, and

till it into the soil. Then, as I plant my garden, I still put the litter contents around the plants.

Rabbit manure doesn’t burn the plants at all, and therefore does not need time in
the compost pile prior to being add to the garden.
So, whether you are adding it to a garden, or putting it in a potted plant,
make sure you make good use of your rabbit manure.

Herb garden during the winter

My herb garden is a prime example. Here are two photos, one from the winter, and the other from just yesterday. It is thriving, and many of my herbs came back from last year. This is a great example of rabbits being able to help around the farm. This herb garden is used to not only feed ourselves, but I give the rabbits fresh herbs from it all spring/summer/fall, and dry some for the winter. In turn, it is their manure that fertilizes the garden all winter, and then continually during the summer, making it lush and productive.