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| I read the post below about amending soil. I have horses and goats. I was told that the goat manure is better than cow manure. I haven't seen any difference since I spread it in my flower beds. How old should the horse manure be? I know if it is real fresh it is too "hot". I have gobs and would like to put it use. Anyone have any experience with goat droppings? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 12, 11 at 7:21
| i claim to be no expert as to what comes out the other end of an animal.. though i have been accused of shoveling it around a bit.. lol ... but it depends what goes in the front end .... over your multiple posts.. it SEEMS ...you always talk of ONLY spreading it around ... though that is one way of doing it.. you might want to consider using a garden fork to work it in a bit .... throwing down what you call a gob ... and then forking the soil a bit to loosen it... and work it in .... frankly .. if it smells to rich .. it probably isnt aged well enough to use in the garden ... aged 'nure is more of a compost .. rather than just a pile of poop ... or what you call.. a GOB ... sooo .. in summation your honor .. if your olfactory senses are over-whelmed.. it is probably not aged enough ... [of course.. since you own the stinkee animal.. perhaps you wouldnt be offended by the smell as much as us.. lol ...] i would say at least over-winter.. and probably a year ... all that said... you could start building a bed for next fall ... and work it into the soil ... letting it lay fallow .. rather than simply making a pile so as to age ... and then.. next fall.. you move everything in a current bed.. into the new bed.. and renovate the old bed ... there are many ways to do it all .. if you dont duct tape yourself into a box and not look outside of it ... ken |
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