Davy Murray wrote:
:: The well rotted stuff is the stuff that you want. The 'active'
:: ingredients have rotted out and been decomposed to less harmful
:: stuff by bacteria and fungi. This is what your plants want. The
:: new dung is liable to 'burn' any plant material, and is best left
:: to continue rotting on the compost heap - it's an excellent
:: accelerator for a new compost heap. The black stuff sounds just
:: right. Use it in your baskets and everywhere else.
::
:: Davy M.

Hmm, I do have a compost heap of sorts but from what I can glean on here
it's a 'cold' heap?
It gets lawn trimmings and that's about it, all other fruit/veg 'waste' is
recycled by my rodents!

I suppose I could pile it up there and go back for some more of the good
stuff?
As I said, it's a free supply and the farmer in question doesn't use it on
her feilds (why?) and hasn't done for many years - I was in up to my knees
earlier trying to get the 'black gold'...it sure holds the moisture!

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