Joseph: Chicken manure is very strong stuff. I always add mine to the compost heap rather than applying it directly to the garden. Manure that is too strong with burn young shoots.
I think the smell of horse manure is not offensive atall, we have horses so are surrounded by the smell. I went into our local Mole valley farmers the other day and they had a pallet of pelleted chicken manure in boxes, in the entrance and it was so smelly i thought it was coming from the drains!Pig manure is as bad. I am just starting my own veg plot and have made full use of the dung heap, when my children come home from school i tell them that i have been playing in the dung heap - they love it.
answer to Francis. we always leave it for a full season before attacking it for the garden. but i am sure i have read somewhere that you should leave it for at least 2 months.
Can you give me any information about sterilising garden compost, we have a large amount of material including rotted wood from conifers and grass cuttings left by previous owner. We are concerned it could contain disease damaging to the garden. Any advice appreciated.
How about sheep's wool? The sheep were shorn and as I'd have to pay to have it taken away I was wondering if I can use it as a weed suppressant? Or can I just mix it in with the manure to compost? The sheep belonged to my father who died recently so am trying to figure out what to do with this stuff.
And please excuse spelling mistakes and grammatical errors...
Peegee: Sheeps wool makes great compost (there is a company that manufactures the stuff and it feels wonderfully silky). The secret is to mix it with other things: wool alone will not break down very well.
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I am just starting my own veg plot and have made full use of the dung heap, when my children come home from school i tell them that i have been playing in the dung heap - they love it.
we always leave it for a full season before attacking it for the garden. but i am sure i have read somewhere that you should leave it for at least 2 months.
And please excuse spelling mistakes and grammatical errors...