how expensive is your manure?

[dim]

I don't add horse manure directly to my plants, but I do buy bags of well rotted shetland pony manure from a farm that is near one of my clients

it costs 75 pence a large sack and has loads of bedding material aswell as loads of earthworms .... I add a bag of this to each dalek compost bin, mainly to supply worms and some browns ... and I add this to the bins when they are 1/4 full

however, I buy loads of 10kg bags of Plagron worm humis (vermicompost), for £8 a bag, and I use this on all plants (indoor and outdoor), aswell as on my vegetable patch (and clients veg gardens) .... as a top dressing, 2 handfulls are plenty (it's very rich) .... and by far, the best compost/manure that I have ever used

[planetologist]

You make your own. Free. Nature does the composting. She also does that for free. On top of that you save on your water bill.

[Two_Sheds]

You make your own.

Like this: The Humanure Handbook - Table of Contents

[Samurailord]

Last July I bought a trailer-load of cow manure from a local farmer.

He dropped it all on the path next to my plot, we estimated between 8 and 10 tonnes, and he charged £40 for it.

Some was pretty well rotted, the rest has sat in a pile on my plot and is now lovely rich stuff, just ready for covering the beds this winter.

Andy

[JustPotteringAbout]

Think my dad got the horse manure from his ex-manager delivered free, but paid a small amount to a farmer to have cow manure delivered.
I was thinking of getting in some horse or cow manure next year and split the load with one of the neighbours. If it's not rotted down could one rot it down in a dalek or lidded dustbin to reduce odour, or does it need good air circulation?
How many tonnes per are (or hectare) per season?

[JustPotteringAbout]

You make your own. Free. Nature does the composting. She also does that for free. On top of that you save on your water bill.

Me granddad had a composting loo,reed bed and drilled his own well for water.

I've done that for the front garden (flowers & shrubs) but not for the back garden (veg plots). Don;t really have enough space for a big enough compost heap to produce enough heat to kill the bacteria and other pathogens that spread the F-O route. Back garden is also overlooked by numerous properties, so likely to be seen emptying malodorous receptacles.
'Liquid nitrogen feed' goes on everything that needs a lot of nitrogen; brassicas, lawn ...