On 10/15/2015 6:30 AM, Frank wrote:
On 10/14/2015 10:31 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
buckwheat wrote:

spreading horse manure in my garden, should i till it into soil now?

Unless that manure was properly hot composted your garden will be
inundated by an unbelieveable array of noxious weeds. Free manure is
never a gift, it's a plague.


Years ago, organic farmer that posted here, said he did not like
manure as it contained pesticides sprayed on it.

A lot of times stables use pesticides to keep the flies down, and that
may end up in the manure. Medications taken by the horses may be
present in manure as well. Some people care about this, others don't.
If the manure is composted that will help break that stuff down.

If you live in the northern hemisphere (meaning cold temperatures are
approaching), and the manure is not composted and you are determined
to use it, till it in after spreading it. You want the nitrogen in the
manure to be in the soil, not running off of the frozen ground over
the winter/spring with the rain and snow.