Posted by Kate Morgan on November 10, 2005, 7:58 am
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> I used to have a wonderful book called (IIRC) The Untidy Gardener. The
> female author said that she asked a young friend to clear out the stables
> one day and he forked the manure straight onto her flower beds. All she
> could see were her precious plants waving feebly at her from below several
> inches of horse dung. She was absolutely certain they would all be 'burned'
> and would die but all survived and came back as if on steroids!
well worth the risk I guess maybe we gardeners worry too much. Talking
of Steroids, not long ago I had a huge muckheap, one of the horses was
on strong painkillers and when an organic gardener came along wanting to
take all the muck heap away, I was tempted to say nothing but I did the
decent thing and explained the situation and used it on my own flower
garden.
kate
Posted by Sacha on November 10, 2005, 8:24 am
On 10/11/05 12:58, in article MPG.1ddd54561c52a8b59896b0@news.plus.net,
> snip
>> I used to have a wonderful book called (IIRC) The Untidy Gardener. The
>> female author said that she asked a young friend to clear out the stables
>> one day and he forked the manure straight onto her flower beds. All she
>> could see were her precious plants waving feebly at her from below several
>> inches of horse dung. She was absolutely certain they would all be 'burned'
>> and would die but all survived and came back as if on steroids!
>
> well worth the risk I guess maybe we gardeners worry too much. Talking
> of Steroids, not long ago I had a huge muckheap, one of the horses was
> on strong painkillers and when an organic gardener came along wanting to
> take all the muck heap away, I was tempted to say nothing but I did the
> decent thing and explained the situation and used it on my own flower
> garden.
That halo is dazzling me!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)
Posted by La puce on November 10, 2005, 8:24 am
H Ryder wrote:
> How do you turn fresh horse manure into something that can go on the garden?
> How long does it take? Thanks,
You can create for yourself box or pens made out of chicken wires or
wooden pallets. I have created a wooden pen where I keep my manure in,
with an thick black plastic sheet as cover. I have made two of these.
In September I get my manure from a farmer friend. This september
manure I keep until spring which by then is crumbly and not smelly at
all and I use for all my vegs. In March I get some more which I use in
the automn for my garden and flower beds. What's left in the automn I
top with the leaves I gather then. HTH
Posted by Richard Brooks on November 10, 2005, 8:32 am
H Ryder wrote:
> How do you turn fresh horse manure into something that can go on the garden?
> How long does it take? Thanks,
>
> --
> Hayley
> (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)
>
My father used to leave it out in a big pile for his market garden late
Autumn to over-Winter as it was bought 'green' as they called it.
Richard.
Posted by Road_HogŪ on November 11, 2005, 1:26 pm
> How do you turn fresh horse manure into something that can go on the
> garden?
> How long does it take? Thanks,
> --
> Hayley
> (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)
It might be nice if you took the time to thank some of the posters, who have
gone to the trouble of replying to your questions.
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> female author said that she asked a young friend to clear out the stables
> one day and he forked the manure straight onto her flower beds. All she
> could see were her precious plants waving feebly at her from below several
> inches of horse dung. She was absolutely certain they would all be 'burned'
> and would die but all survived and came back as if on steroids!