no dig/lasagne method

[Mell]

but really don't feel confident/know if the horse manure will be weed free? .

You should get many weeds, most horses won't eat weeds, it it is well rotted on a hot manure pile that also helps, but be aware a while ago (2-3 years ?) some manure from horses on pasture treated with weed killers stopped veg growning

[Dottie]

You should get many weeds, most horses won't eat weeds, it it is well rotted on a hot manure pile that also helps, but be aware a while ago (2-3 years ?) some manure from horses on pasture treated with weed killers stopped veg growning

Well it's good to know they don't eat weeds, but what about grass seed?

The horse manure was fresh from the field and put straight onto a newly prepared scaffold bed, to rot down over winter. The pasture is never sprayed, horses not on any meds, it was just good old horse poo collected the same week it was produced.

[Mell]

They do eat grass ! Depends if the grass ever went to seed, most horses will keep it tightly grazed unless its a very big field. If they had hay there is likely to be seed.

If they arn't on meds, they may have a worm burden although increasingly people are using herbal methods for worming. If the ground isn't sprayed or treated at all & the pasture is poor there is an increased likely hood of weed eating.

[Lavenderblue]

we wanted to do a no-dig system but after 3 years (yikes!) of allotmenting we still have a huge bindweed and bramble issue. We won't be able to go to no-dig until that evil stuff has been obliterated.