On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:47:33 -0600, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:

"SteveB" wrote in message
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I live in the middle of pasture land. Lots of free cow patties. My wife
seems to think that this would make good fertilizer, or at least good mulch
if tilled in.

Other than using fresh dung for the production of food, are there any
downsides to using manure? I believe I once read that stall manure had
high levels of urea, and would not be good to put on plants. This is
pasture manure, so it would not have as high urine level as stall manure.

Yeah, I know I can go buy fertilizer, too. But I can also take the money
I save and go fishing a few times.

Tips and caveats on manure use? Good/bad for flowers or areas where I am
going to put lawn?

Thanks.

Steve


I've been told that cow manure is full of seed ready to sprout wherever you
use it. Horse manure is a better solution.


Just the opposite. Cows have two stomachs, horses have one. I used
horse manure (mushroom compost) over fescue lawns--big mistake. The
piles were steaming hot, but still introduced a lot of weeds.