I live in Bedfordshire, and I'm afraid myself and a couple of neighbours
will probably use it all! We live in new houses and the soil is in a poor
state, so we're going to need tons of the stuff. I'm going to do lots of
digging over the next few weeks...:-/

I've read Monty Don's excellent "The Complete Gardener" and he repeatedly
states that work spent on the soil is not wasted, so I'm going to put a lot
of effort in now, and hopefully come spring time, I should have some nice
soil to plant my spuds and other veg into.

I only plan on doing it the once and then just topping it up with some more
rotted manure in spring and autumn in following seasons. Does that sound
about right? I'm very new to this, you see.

I phoned round a few farmers around here and I got a couple of offers of
muck. It seems that farmers with horses are desperate to get rid of the
stuff and are more than happy for you to come and get it.

Mark.


"jane" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:53:38 -0000, "Mark Allison" nomail@please
wrote:

~Hi,
~
~A local farmer has 40 tons of manure which has been rotting for three
years.
~Is this stuff worth putting on the garden? I have a heavy clay soil, and
~planned on mixing this with some sharp sand. he also said he could offer
me
~fresh stuff, "as and when it comes in". Would I be better off waiting for
~the fresh stuff?
~
Great - go and grab it now. Where is this farmer? Perhaps I could help
you put a dent in the heap :-)


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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