How to make chicken poo tea

Fresh manure can be used to make chicken poo ‘tea’ which can be watered around plants. The ratio should be about one-third manure to two-thirds water.

• place fresh or partially-composted manure in a hessian sack or old pillow case

• immerse in a drum or rubbish can, weighing the sack down with something heavy

• tie the mouth of the bag with string, leaving long ends which you can hang over the side of the container, then fill the drum with water

• you need to agitate the mix to aerate the contents and prevent the growth of anaerobic bacteria – use the long ends to dunk the bag up and down a few times, preferably daily

• let it mature for around 3 weeks

• remove the bag and transfer its contents to a compost heap or dig into soil; use the liquid to water around the base of growing plants as required.