On Mar 23, 1:41 pm, "simy1" wrote:
On Mar 22, 5:50 pm, "Dave T Scotland"

wrote:
Hi, - finding it difficult to come up with a clear answer to the
following. I'm sure there are some excellent knowledgeable people
out there....

We have 1/2 acre + huge polytunnel and try to grow good veggies for
ourselves... We also have access to lots of horse dung ('oss-
muck'),
but are not sure what we can use it on... The dung is fairly "pure",
i.e not much mixed up with straw bedding, and fresh-ish. Do we have
to compost it before we can use it? If so by mixing it with what? We
have access to lots of grass cuttings, but not hay/straw. Are there
any veggies that like it dug in "neat"? Or is it too strong for most
things???? Cheers....


Another great way to use dung, if you're in a cool climate - and I'm
guessing, if you have a polytunnel, that you are - is to make hot
beds; dig trenches in your tunnels, about 2 feet deep. Half-fill the
trench with fresh, un-rotted dung, then top that with a layer of
compost or good topsoil - plant into the topsoil. The heat from the
rotting dung is trapped in the polytunnel - free heating for your
tunnels; it's a great way to grow early crops. The Victorians used
this method a lot, with dung under cold-frames but it works
particularly well, ime, in a polytunnel.

Gill W.