Horse manure

[bobleponge]

just wondering how you collect cow manure ??? isn't it a bit sloppy? (the cows near us don't seem to do cow pats)

My farmers clean out their barns twice a year, and I get mine then, picked up by tractor bucket and dropped over the back garden hedge. I get solid (ish) manure rather than slurry, as I prefer it to break down in the garden, but its free and delivered to where I want it, which is great.

[smallblueplanet]

I've never been jealous of someone else's cowsh1t before.

[Dynamo]

I got my horse manure from a local stable. I didn't ask the guy about herbicides etc, but lots of other people on the same lottie site use manure from the same guy and they have had no problems so I figured it was okay. As it transpired, all the crops that I've grown where I put the manure have come up great so I think my instinct was correct.

I'll probaby get another load from the guy some time this winter.

[fizzywitch]

Hi gang,

I got a heap of horse manure late last autumn (can't remember exactly when) and we checked it a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't smell any more, but it's still quite 'lumpy', not like soil at all - would it be ready to use, or should we leave it for spreading in the autumn?