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Re: Horse Manure - advice needed

Hello,
Having 15 to 20 horses at a time has given me an ample supply of horse
manure.  Mine is mixed with sawdust which I use for bedding. I pile most of
it up in the chicken yard which seems to keep the flies down and the
chickens break up the apples. What I don't use I sell and there are lots of
folks out there who are willing to pay $20 a pickup load. (Their truck, I
don't deliver.)
Horse manure is good for soil enrichment on everything.  It contains
several trace elements and is not so high in nitrogen that it burns things.
 Since it is composed of the cellulose husk of grass and hay it breaks down
nicely when composted. I've used in my gardens for years.  In the veggie
garden I put manure in the valleys one year and the next year place the
rows over the manure. In the flower beds I just dump a wheel barrow load
out and spread it around.  It breaks up quickly and doesn't have a smell. 
I wouldn't use the compose for mulch but it can be added to the soil to
loosen it and it holds moisture better than peat moss.  Also it doesn't
form a hard crust like peat.
Good Luck,
Iona McCormick


Warren <lookw@fullcomp.com.au> wrote in article
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> 
> I have a large and growing pile of horse manure. It has being
> collected from yards with limesand on the floors so the manure
> contains a small amount of limesand. Although the pile is 
> being added to daily most of it is over 12 months old and is well
> and truely composted. What I would like to know is, firstly, is 
> this stuff any good as mulch as I am about to plant a lot of trees
> and an orchard. Secondly, what are some other uses I can put this
> stuff to, what is horse manure suited for? Any advive much 
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Warren.
>
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