writes:
What everyone failed to mention to you in regards to horse manure :

If the horse's have recently been wormed, the manure will also kill any
worms you have in the garden if applied directly. Check with your
neighbour
when they wormed their horses last. If recently, use the manure, but only
in
a heated compost pile, not directly onto the garden.

As always, mileage varies. The horse manure I got for several years came
complete with thousands of earthworms. Aged is the key, don't you think?

Glenna

Of course Glenna,
I did fail to mention that aged compost is fine.
I made the assumption that the horse manure would be fresh.. You can put
fresh manure on any bed, wormed or otherwise, and over time the worms will
come back with a vengence. (6 months or more) But if you don't want to kill
off the existing worms, fresh manure needs to be 'checked'. If the animals
have been recently wormed or you are unsure, I think it is safer to put it
into a heated compost.


"Glenna Rose" wrote in message
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writes:
What everyone failed to mention to you in regards to horse manure :

If the horse's have recently been wormed, the manure will also kill any
worms you have in the garden if applied directly. Check with your
neighbour
when they wormed their horses last. If recently, use the manure, but only
in
a heated compost pile, not directly onto the garden.

As always, mileage varies. The horse manure I got for several years came
complete with thousands of earthworms. Aged is the key, don't you think?

Glenna