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I get an attack of the irritations every time I see advice about the 'need' to rot horse manure..I always wonder about whether the person giving the advice has ever experiemented or is just parroting book learning. It doesn't need rotting at all, ever. It may need some judicious thought about placement but it can go on some spot or other in the garden straight from the end of the horse's alimentary canal. I know because I've used it that fresh and never found any detrimental effect. It may not look pretty and the well rotted stuff does look prettier but with mulch on top, who cares or will even notice? I have a small muck heap near the stables and a big one in the corner of the paddock but at this time of year when the ground is wet I have chucked it straight onto the garden or any available bit of ground, it has never caused any problems I just dont usually admit to doing it :-) kate |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
I get an attack of the irritations every time I see advice about the 'need' to rot horse manure..I always wonder about whether the person giving the advice has ever experiemented or is just parroting book learning. It doesn't need rotting at all, ever. It may need some judicious thought about placement but it can go on some spot or other in the garden straight from the end of the horse's alimentary canal. I know because I've used it that fresh and never found any detrimental effect. It may not look pretty and the well rotted stuff does look prettier but with mulch on top, who cares or will even notice? I have a small muck heap near the stables and a big one in the corner of the paddock but at this time of year when the ground is wet I have chucked it straight onto the garden or any available bit of ground, it has never caused any problems I just dont usually admit to doing it :-) Atta girl! Now stop that coyness and start singing the praises of pure horse poop loud and long. For too long pure horse poop has had a bad reputation and you and I both know that such a reputation is totally undeserved, it's time we true believers educated the benighted :-)))) |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Kate Morgan" wrote in message I get an attack of the irritations every time I see advice about the 'need' to rot horse manure..I always wonder about whether the person giving the advice has ever experiemented or is just parroting book learning. It doesn't need rotting at all, ever. It may need some judicious thought about placement but it can go on some spot or other in the garden straight from the end of the horse's alimentary canal. I know because I've used it that fresh and never found any detrimental effect. It may not look pretty and the well rotted stuff does look prettier but with mulch on top, who cares or will even notice? I have a small muck heap near the stables and a big one in the corner of the paddock but at this time of year when the ground is wet I have chucked it straight onto the garden or any available bit of ground, it has never caused any problems I just dont usually admit to doing it :-) Atta girl! Now stop that coyness and start singing the praises of pure horse poop loud and long. For too long pure horse poop has had a bad reputation and you and I both know that such a reputation is totally undeserved, it's time we true believers educated the benighted :-)))) horse poop is wonderful stuff for the simple reason is its free round these parts and readily available. Whenever I need some horse poop I simply stop by a stable who bag it up at the roadside. Free and constant. I have laid straight poop directly in to garden beds before and let it rot in situ over winter. If worried about weed seeds mulch it, I used old carpet so the weeds can germninate but die from lack of sunlight. Stuff that comes mixed with wood chip (huckery hunks of pine) I do age as I use it as a fertiliser come spring and don't want fresh wood chip in gardens during the growing season. I have used woodchip poop as mulch under hedges and the hedge has done ok out of it. rob |
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