From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Pavel314 wrote:   
   ...   
   > I usually till it into the soil. My wife sometimes uses it as a mulch during   
   the growing season to smother the weeds.   
      
     if you can find some plain cardboard (usually places will   
   give it away for free) or newspapers you can put that down   
   first and then top with your mulch and that will do a great   
   job of smothering weeds for a while.   
      
     i much prefer it to using herbicides.   
      
     the problem with late fall application of manures is that   
   if there is any run off during the winter it can move those   
   extra nutrients into the surrounding water ways.   
      
     best to apply nutrients when plants are actively growing.   
   don't waste 'em!  surface tilling in is better than leaving   
   them exposed (all the volatile components will dry off as   
   compared to the soil microbes being able to get at them).   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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