Grammar and punctuation aside, I always understood that well rotted manure has no particular odour. Certainly the stuff I get from my equestrian school neighbours doesn't pong by the time it's delivered for my use. Nor does it attract flies - which is more than can be said for the piles of smelly bovine waste taken from winter barns and dumped to rot in huge piles in the fields.
I buy 25KG bags of 10-12 month old composted manure it smells when you open the bag but you have to be next to it then the smell diffuses over 2-3 day, the best thing is it’s all sterilised and no annoying weeds to suck up all the nutrients.
i think you should all just keep to the manure subject, i think that althuogh manure smells it is a great way for helping you garden, but it does attract flies therefor it must attract birds which we do not wish to acompany us!. i also think that alan is over exadgerating.
sorry if my spelling is not up to scratch but i am an 11year old boy who has an alotment and is very knowlegable about plant, animals and nature. thankyou
I have heard somewhere that ash can be used as a fertilizer or with compost. I have an open fire and burn wood and coal on it, would I be able to use this ash? I would like to be able to use it if I can.
First of all, well done Matthew, for having an allotment apart from anything else.... As for ash as a manure, I was told wood or paper ash is good, but coal ash bad for your garden!
I would also be interested to know if anyone can tell me if the bagged farmyard manures that can be purchased from the local garden/diy centres are as good as the real thing from local farms? I live on a rather "posh" small estate with a relatively small garde and 1/2 ton of fresh manure delivered to the door is just too much for me to use!!!!
Wood,(paper is made from this)animal and bird manures including night soil if you can get it,but I would not use cat or dog droppings, coal ash may contain sulphur but we used to get some of the best potatoes off our local council tip during the last war,and tomato plants from the local sewage plant(so it gives us something to think about,my grandfather made tank as they call it(stank abit but he won many a show with his flowers)
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I have a small garden so this is practical for me
sorry if my spelling is not up to scratch but i am an 11year old boy who has an alotment and is very knowlegable about plant, animals and nature.
thankyou