From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/5/19 6:51 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 12:17:26 PM UTC-4, Frank wrote:   
   >> On 10/5/2019 11:05 AM, jeff wrote:   
   >>> On 10/5/19 6:31 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>>>     you can buy bagged compost at many garden   
   >>>> centers.  it is often composted cow manure   
   >>>> or composted chicken manure added to perhaps   
   >>>> some other fillers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     most composted cow manure is very poor in   
   >>>> terms of nutrients, but yes, it is an organic   
   >>>> material and can be useful in a garden if you   
   >>>> have poor/heavy soil.   
   >>>   
   >>> Horse manure is really great stuff if you can get it.  Maybe check with   
   >>> a nearby stable or agricultural college; any place that keeps horses is   
   >>> invariably generating "horsepucky" and may well be happy to give it away   
   >>> for free. Alpaca or lama manure might also be good but I can't say for   
   sure.   
   >>>   
   >>> J   
   >>>   
   >> An organic farmer once cautioned on using stuff from a stable because it   
   >> may contain considerable pesticide used to keep flies down there.   
   >>   
   >> Where I live there are a lot of mushroom houses and depleted mushroom   
   >> soil is available.  The only concern is weed seeds.   
   >   
   > We have a flock of sheep and don't use pesticides in the barn, so we have a   
   good supply of sheep manure. In fact, we're going to shovel out the sheep barn   
   in November to throw on the garden. Then again before the annual shearing in   
   May.   
   >   
   > There are a lot of mushroom houses across the state line in PA but we   
   haven't tried any of them yet.   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
      
   Do you dig in the sheep scat or just throw it on top?   
      
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