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ByShirleyFelder Whenyouhavelemons you make lemonade. When you have chickens and a garden you make poo — compost — tea. The ex- perts say that one chicken creates about 45 pounds of litter a year. We only have eight chickens, but you can do the math. That is a lot of poo. I mentioned one morn- ing that we should have a tea party this year and it will involve our chickens. My husband pretended that he didn't hear me. Sa- die Belle the dog twitched her ear then went on with her nap. When I explained it was about chicken poo, water and the making of fertilizer there was a bit more enthusiasm. Just to keep the record straight, my husband thinks some of my ideas are impulsive, but he is usually game to try them. Our previous experience when we used our compos- ted chicken manure was not good. The tomatoes and cucumbers curled up and died and even the zuc- chini gave up. The leaves looked burned. It was piti- ful. I don't think we let it compost long enough and we probably put too much in the garden bed. Chicken manure is hot, and here is the reason why and also why it is so smelly. Chickens have kid- neys but no bladder, so, like all birds and reptiles, they do not urinate. There- fore, all ammonia and ni- trates are eliminated in their poo. That is why chicken litter is so strong and must be composted for at least six months. Making diluted compost poo tea is a safer nutri- ent rich solution that can work wonders in a garden. Just like one solution to a problem is a good cup of tea, the same rule applies to the garden "tea." It adds a magical boost to your plants. End of lesson. Here is the formula. You use 1/3 composted manure and 2/3 water no matter the size of the container. For a five gallon bucket, put in a shovel full of com- posted manure, not fresh, and fill with water. Let it sit in the sun for 2 or 3 days, stirring once or twice a day to introduce oxy- gen. Pour the liquid in an- other container and dilute to look like weak tea. Ap- ply directly to soil around the base of each plant. Ap- ply weekly. Easy peasy. Don't use on root plants such as carrots, radishes, potatoes, etc. They need potassium more than ni- trogen and you will end up with just big leaves. A "tea bag" can also be made out of an old pillow case, put- ting the manure in it and tying it off, making sure the tie hangs outside of container so the bag can be doused up and down and you will not have to fish around in the liquid for it. Ugh. Poultry manure is the most nutrient rich, fol- lowed by steer, horse then sheep. They can all be made into tea. If you do not have access to any of these and want to try compost tea, a bag of steer manure from the lo- cal garden center can be used. When it comes time for our plants to be fertilized, I will round up my now en- thusiastic crew, a five gal- lon bucket and shovel, then trek down to the chicken compost pile, we will start our tea party and have happier and healthier plants this year. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusi- asm." — Ralph Waldo Em- erson. TheRedBluffGardenClub is affiliated with Cascade District Garden Club; California Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. RED BLUFF GARDEN CLUB Let'shaveachickenpooteaparty CONTRIBUTED Sadie Belle the dog and Nadine the chicken appear to be discussing the tea party. The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment,CorningFire,Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Arrests AlbertVilla: 54, of Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday in the 1600block of Hill Street and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of assault with intent to commit rape, sodomy, rape: victim unconscious of the act and sodomy with victim unable to give legal consent. A woman reported she was assaulted Sunday. Bail was set at $250,000. AnthonyLeeMcKinnie: 30, of Red Bluff was ar- rested Tuesday in the area underneath the Sacramento River bridge and booked into jail on the charges of felony inflicting corporal injury on spouse, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with the intent to commit rape and false imprisonment with violence. Bail was set at $145,000. RyanAnthonyHill: 23, of Cottonwood was arrested Tuesday in the 18600block of Benson Road and booked into jail on the charge of sod- omy with child under 10years old. Bail was $150,000. MonicaLeeEdmiston: 48, of Corning was arrested Tuesday in the 1800block of Walnut Street and booked into jail on the charges of burglary and forgery. No bail was set. Burglary AlohaStreet: Jessica Rose Geoghegan, 35, and Ronald J. Grissom, 45, both of Red Bluff were cited and release on the charge of trespassing a er a woman was seen tak- ing items from a house that should be vacant about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Fire StateRoute36W,crossof CannonRoad: The cause of a fire involving an aban- doned car reported at 1:38 a.m. Wednesday is under investigation. The fire was contained at 1:59a.m. Suspicious LutherRoad: A woman re- ported being followed about 10:40a.m. Tuesday near Walmart by a man in a large newer silver pickup, with the man reportedly asking her to get into the vehicle. A separate incident took place on South Main about 3p.m. where a woman reported a man following her and her granddaughter near the former Walmart. AlohaStreet: A prowler in a backyard was reported about 11:30p.m. Tuesday. LutherRoad: A person was reportedly threatening employees and customers about 1:45a.m. Wednesday at Walmart. No weapon was seen, but the person was given a warning. 99W: People were report- edly looking into vehicle windows at Friendly Acres Mobile Home Park about 3:45a.m. Wednesday. The 99W,crossofFinnellAv- enue: About 6p.m. Tuesday two men were reportedly at Lok Tite Mini Storage hand- ing tools over the fence. SolanoStreet: A woman re- portedly le Sav-Mor Foods around 5p.m. Tuesday with a bag of groceries she hadn't paid for, leaving in a white Volkswagon Jetta, license 6DKH984, headed east on Solano Street. The driver is a woman about 5'6" tall and 200pounds. Police Logs Pressing upon public at- tention the gravity of the food situation, which now confronts the world in the scarcityofsupplies,thestate council of defense, through its special representatives, awakened many citizens of Red Bluff and Tehama county to the necessity of helping themselves, at two meeting held here Thurs- day. While the farming el- ement, the most vital fabric inthestateandnationalde- fense, was not strongly rep- resented,itwasevidentthat thenucleusforapermanent andsuccessfulorganization was formed, and many be- lieve the coming summer monthswillseemany thou- sands of now idle lands un- der cultivation; see more hog raised, more chickens, Belgian hares and cereal, fruit and vegetable crops. — April 20, 1917 100 YEARS AGO... Foodsituationbrought home to citizens The Shasta College Hor- ticulture Department has manyhealthyplantsleftfrom the annual Spring Plant Sale and will be holding an "After Sale" 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 2 and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat- urday on the Shasta College campus at the Farm, featur- ing two for the price of one deals on tomato and pepper plants. The department still has a good selection of vegeta- ble plants, annual flowering plants,perennialplants,color and herb bowls and house plants as well as a wide vari- ety of great looking Certified Organic vegetable starts. Va- rieties are selected to do well in the local climate and all plants have been grown us- ing sustainable practices. Allproceedswillhelpsup- port Shasta College's Hor- ticulture Program and stu- dents. For more information, call Leimone Waite at 242- 2210orwritetolwaite@shas- tacollege.edu. SHASTA COLLEGE Sp ri ng p la nt s al e se t fo r Fr id ay Simpson University will honor seven student veter- ans on April 20 at a dinner and induction ceremony for a newly launched chapter of the SALUTE — Service, Ac- ademics, Leadership, Unity, Tribute, Excellence — Veter- ans National Honor Society. SALUTE was formed in 2009 by the Colorado State University Veterans Office and now has more than 200 chapters honoring academic excellence among student veterans. The Simpson chapter is one of the veterans initia- tives on campus since the Veterans Success Center opened in November. The center, under the di- rection of Veterans Services CoordinatorJustinSpears,is a one-stop shop for veterans, service members and their dependents to access educa- tional and career-planning resources, as well as provide a place for them to study and relax.Initsfirstfullsemester, the center is serving 31 stu- dents who receive veterans benefits,28ofthemveterans. The seven Simpson Uni- versity student veterans in- clude undergraduate and graduate students from var- iousacademicprograms;un- dergraduate students must have completed 12 semester hours and have a minimum grade-point average of 3.0; and graduate students must have completed 9 semester hours and have a minimum GPA of 3.5. They will receive membershipcertificates and SALUTE challenge coins at the ceremony. "We are honored to be recognizing these men and women, who have not only distinguished themselves in military service to their country, but have also dem- onstrated excellence in their academicendeavorsatSimp- son," said Dr. Gayle Cope- land, provost. "We are com- mitted to serving student veterans in the North State, and this new honor society chapter is another way to recognize the discipline and excellence that our veterans bring to their studies." The inaugural induct- ees of the Simpson Univer- sity Chapter of the SALUTE National Honor Society are Matthew Dahl, Marine Corps; Jonathon Fairfield, AirForce;JoelJensen,Army; Stephanie Rokes, Army Na- tional Guard; Ryan Swan, Army; Holly Smedley, Army and Justin Spears, Navy. For more information about the Simpson Univer- sityVeteransSuccessCenter, visitsimpsonu.edu/veterans. SIMPSON University to induct first Honor Society vets Fri,April21st TH 96 2017 RedBluffRound-Up After Rodeo Party FeaturingNorthern Heat Friday,April21,9pm Tickets $10.00 Fairgrounds Tyler Jelly Building MUSTBE21TOENTER Doors open after the 1st bull bucks of the 1st performance of Rodeo •Shape•Trim•HazardTreeRemoval • Lot Clearing • Fire Breaks • Stump Grinding EricJablonowski owner 530-416-0425 Lic#987325 Workers Comp Insured & Bonded 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. CERTIFIED AUTO REPAIR CENTER Smog Check $ 2 .00 off with this coupon mustpresentcoupon•exp.date6-30-17 25yearsprofessional experience. 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