htmark98 wrote:
hi thanks electric cables will be going down this week. How long do you
normally leave it for to rot down?

Leave it for about a year and then look at it. If it's ready to be
used, it will be dark and crumbly. Some people describe it as looking
like very good moist fruitcake!! You could buy or get another pile in
say, six months time from your riding stable and continue to have piles
progressing at different rates of 'maturity'. Most people would give
a lot to have a supply of good horse manure available so readily. Kate
is right about checking for any medication used on animals BUT I really
would question its potency if it's been left in manure, quietly rotting
away for some time but don't know that. I may be wrong here but I
*think* there may be some medicines that it's obligatory to give to
cows but I'm just not sure. If that is the case, however, they must
be acceptable to those living organically, because certainly one can
buy organic milk.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon