Bat poo for me and you!
Hi All!
I am excited to begin this blog adventure! For me, sustainability is the most important movement of today and I am eager to meet others who feel the same way and have a cyber-space to learn and share.
I have made a commitment to go green! Since I understand that it is a process to achieve this lifestyle, I make a conscious effort to educate myself on the various products, techniques, and home renovation options to help me fulfill my commitment. This blog will serve as an information seedbank for all the things I learn as my partner and I start a green home renovations and handy-work company in Boulder, Colorado and as we explore the various products we prefer to use, new “green” methods we are trying out, and interesting options when switching things up inside while helping keep the world outside green! And if you have any advice, feel free to toss it in! I know there is a lot to learn....
And now down to business. As the spring starts blowing in, my senses are starting to awake again and my plants are starting to dance in the window. It always seems like a struggle to keep my plants looking vibrant and happy in the winter. But when spring comes, I can notice them start to green up and reach towards the warm window a little more. And I want to help them—give them that extra boost! Obvious solution is to fertilize them. I can find peace-of-mind using organic fertilizer on my plants (especially loving the Urban Farm mixture for my outdoor plants!) and I feel that organic is a good solution to making sure I am living my life green. Now, for my indoor plants I use bat guano. Bat guano is the golden fertilizer: all my college ecology professors swore by it and I understand the science behind it being great for plants (rich in phosphorous) and I like that it is an all-natural solution to fertilizing. But why am I buying bat guano and spending a lot of money for it?!
I started talking this over with my partner and I joked how I wish I had a bat cave so that I could harvest it on my own. By harvesting it on my own, I would be making the process of fertilizing my plants even MORE green by producing the fertilizer on my own property and also providing habitat for bats (which are truly harmless creatures—they won’t suck your blood!). And that was the solution. To build a bat house in our backyard and after the bats become familiar with where we live, they’ll start living there and leaving their excrement on a plastic (tiny) tarp underneath their cave. The Bat Home kits are available at your local hardware store and are super easy to assemble. Just need a hammer, staple gun, and something to mount the new house to.
P.S.-Don’t forget to dilute your bat guano
