"Zootal" wrote in message
"Billy" wrote in message
"Zootal" wrote:

There is a bark place down the road that sells mushroom compost and
steer
compost. Is this stuff good for the garden? Can I use it like compost
and
heap it on the ground around plants and trees?

Manure should be at least six months old before use. By mushroom
compost, do you mean the medium that the mushrooms grow in? If so, that
is probably horse manure and was sterilized before it was used for
mushrooms (good to go). These are fertilizers, if I read you properly, a
source of nitrogen for the plants, not what gardeners usually think of
as mulch, which is usually worm food.

Like mulch, leave six foot radius around the tree clear, if you plan to
feed them. Most plants could do well with a side dressing about now.

PS - it's definitely not mulch. This is plain old somewhat aged cow poop.

Then use it now and dont' let the nutrients escape into the ground in a non
useful place. Don't put it around the base of lettuce or parsley but
anything that will be harvested from above the level of the poop will love
it as will your worms.