Manure in the Garden
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Carole Alden
I asked my son for some manure for the garden. I told him to be sure it was old. How old is old enough? I'm new to this so I didn't know what it should look like.
He should have enough to share.
We have moved back to my aunt and uncle's farm after others have owned it for years. I thought he must have brought me a piece of plywood that had layed out on the ground for too long. He told me no, this was the best manure he had. It's from the stalls and they looked like they haven't been cleaned for a long time. It looks like that because of the wood that is in a stall for bedding. This has been pressed together. It hasn't been rained on, so it hasn't broken up. Best of all, it hasn't lost any of the best stuff. Let it get rained on for awhile and see. So I asked for more and then started to add my left over veg. peelings ect. and then when my pile started to get nice, we noticed the pine tree was sick.
So, much of my pile got added to the sick pine trees so I moved out the rocks and added some hostas while I was at it.
Trees are looking better but daughter took tractor tires I had my son give me for flowers and put them on corner of garden for strawberries. Extra manure in background.
I need another tire when you get a chance and some more manure.
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Oh, to have a source of that garden gold. The general recommendation is that manure needs to be composted for six to nine months before it is used.
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Douglas Hunt Thank you for the information. I couldn't help but notice a ton of weeds already growing on that extra pile he left me. I'm glad I have a small pile near where I can get to it easy.
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