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Rotting manure - crap comments appreciated
picked up some cheap (dirt cheap in fact) horse poop this weekend to add to
a raised garden. The poop was in various stages of quite fresh to 1/2 rotted and strewn with worms (I have used very well rotted poop before so this stuff was a little out of the ordinary for me). The pasture grazed by the horses is relatively weed free. I turfed the poop into the raised gardens (about 400mm h, 1.2m w, 2.5m l)on top of layers of partially decomposed compost. My plan is to cover it with old carpet to help keep the weather off and the poop warm and leave it insitu for a few months to rot down further. We are mid Autumn here heading into a winter that has some frosts and a reasonably high rainfall. Some of the poop I dug out (from a massive pile of horse poop) was still steaming and smelt sour (lack of air I believe). I reckon transferring it to the garden, involving 3 different movements, would have added enough air to deal with the initial lack of air. In a month or 2 I may fork the poop and compost together to mix and aerate some more. Does anyone have any good suggestions/crap comments to my plan, and specifically: a. aerating the poop now will deal with the initial sourness b. covering the poop in the garden with carpet will not solve every weather problem but will help. c. digging the poop and compost in a month or 2 will mix them up and add some air. thanks. Rob |
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Rotting manure - crap comments appreciated
"George.com" wrote in message ... picked up some cheap (dirt cheap in fact) horse poop this weekend to add to a raised garden. The poop was in various stages of quite fresh to 1/2 rotted and strewn with worms (I have used very well rotted poop before so this stuff was a little out of the ordinary for me). The pasture grazed by the horses is relatively weed free. I turfed the poop into the raised gardens (about 400mm h, 1.2m w, 2.5m l)on top of layers of partially decomposed compost. My plan is to cover it with old carpet to help keep the weather off and the poop warm and leave it insitu for a few months to rot down further. We are mid Autumn here heading into a winter that has some frosts and a reasonably high rainfall. Some of the poop I dug out (from a massive pile of horse poop) was still steaming and smelt sour (lack of air I believe). I reckon transferring it to the garden, involving 3 different movements, would have added enough air to deal with the initial lack of air. In a month or 2 I may fork the poop and compost together to mix and aerate some more. Does anyone have any good suggestions/crap comments to my plan, and specifically: a. aerating the poop now will deal with the initial sourness Normally exposing the hot part of a pile brings an earthy type smell, not sour. I find it quite pleasant, but many people don't, it's a matter of personal taste. Having turned over the pile you have introduced air and the pile will now go cold because the heat is due to processing by anaerobic bacteria. b. covering the poop in the garden with carpet will not solve every weather problem but will help. Yes. but it will still stay cold. c. digging the poop and compost in a month or 2 will mix them up and add some air. Dig it in now, let the worms get started on it. It'll be nice come spring. Steve |
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