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Fri, Feb 11, 11 at 14:39
| I have an unlimited supply (ha ha!) of aged horse manure in East Mesa. It is not mixed with bedding. It is piled up in a 3 foot high pile and pulverized, looks almost like ground up alfalfa. Very few horse balls left but not quite fully composted yet due to the dry winter we've had.
I can give directions to my barn and you can pick up anytime. You can't, unfortunately, pack all the way up to the pile, so I recommend wheeled trash cans as the best mode of carrying. Great for raised bed gardens! I've been using horse manure, sometimes even the fresh stuff, on gardens and lawns for about 20 years with great success. Have never had any kind of fertilizer burn from it. |
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| Here in South Carolina, we sheet compost & cut it in. Both cow & horse manure, no problem with burn,weeds or diseases of any kind. Wish I had your problem! |
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| I've never had a weed problem with it either. I sort of sheet mulch. I just keep piling it on top as mulch. Plant in it, allowing some to fall in the hole with the plant. When planting seeds, I pull the mulch to the sides but there's so much of it it keeps piling up and the seedlings are growing in basically manure piled up from the last few years. At least, in places I've lived before thats what I've done. Still working on getting my soil right here. The two first gardens are looking better but I'm working with caliche which is just one step up from concrete. My horses eat alfalfa and I've never seen a weed in it. |
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| I would like to pick some up if you still have any. Thanks |
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| Sorry, my hubby made four huge raised beds for me. I was expecting one. We've used all the aged stuff. Keep an eye out, I may have more in the fall. This stuff multiplies pretty quickly when you have four horses. To the tune of 200 lbs a day! I also have several other gardens which I mixed quite a lot of this into and I have to say that these are my best gardens, ever! |
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| I read that you may have some more manure in the fall. It is now officially fall. Ha Ha. 100 degrees plus doesn't feel like it. Do you have any more manure and can I get some? If yess, send me your address or phone number. I have a raised garden that needs some help. Thanks, Jack Allen |
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- Posted by nygardener z6 New York (My Page) on Fri, Sep 30, 11 at 21:56
| Jack, why don't you click on Tracy's member name in one of her posts and then on "Send me an email." Your settings (which you can change) don't allow her to contact you directly. Welcome to GardenWeb, by the way. |
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