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"songbird" wrote:

Billy wrote:
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Now would be a good time to apply fresh manure to a garden or a

no it wouldn't. the ground is frozen.

anything on top is likely to wash away.

if you can't bury it i'd wait.


songbird

Might depend on you soil micro environment. All we ever did was toss
it about in fall and work the soil in spring light tillage. Shit breaks
down due to other like forms. A small pile is gone in no time. And we
don't have any scarab beetles.
I grew up watch Ott's /Disney time lapse photography. Sure it was
beautiful to see a plant sprout but so was a mouse being taken apart by
maggots. Talk about team effort!

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

"Always tell the truth and you don't have to remember anything."
--Mark Twain.