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Compost Heap. Horse Manure. Pathogens.
"Steve Peek" wrote Ed, your biggest concern should be whether or not the horse's paddock was sprayed with a broadleaf herbicide. The herbicide will pass harmlessly through the horse and wipe out you garden. Check with the source of your manure, it would be heartbreaking to have that happen. Yes, indeed. Farmyard or stable manure is wonderful stuff if you can get it, but there's one particular herbicide persisting in manure that has caused quite serious problems for some allotmenteers and gardeners in recent years. There's info on the RHS site: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ler-manure.asp It can also be quite difficult to actually find out if any particular load is 'clean', unless the source can be absolutely certain that all their feed and bedding is clear too, because of buying and selling of hay and silage feed. One case I know of locally happened where cattle manure from one farm where they didn't use this stuff was affected, unbeknownst to the farmer, due to contaminated feed and hay bought in from elsewhere. -- Sue |
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