Grow Your Own Magazine

hi everybody does any one know were i can get some horse [or any kind]of manure from i live near doncaster looked on google search but its so expencive i cannot afford it [im retired due to ill health ]so im on benifits [social]
many thanks for reading this john

I get mine from a local stable.They are glad to get rid of it and its free!

__________________
The greatness comes not when things go always good for you,but the greatness comes when you are really tested,when you take,some knocks,some disappointments;because only if youv'e been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Yes stables is the answer,shame your not nearer as a friend told me the other day of a woman desperate to get rid of some as she was going to have to PAY for it to be removed.

thanks everyone will try stables
john

how long should you leave it to rot down?

__________________
I'm Dill the Dog,
I'm a Dog called Dill,
though my tail I'd love to get,
I've never caught it yet.

If anyone tries charging you for manure, tell em to boil their head and go to the next lot of stables! I'd love to get rid of some horse poo and it costs money to have it taken away.

Be careful about poo from horses which have just been wormed though. Ivermectin in particular is incredibly toxic to birds and dogs. Another reason to have it well rotted down (at least a couple of months).

Make sure the horses have not been fed on any grass (including hay or silage) which has been treated with the aminopyralid herbicide (trade names Banish, Forefront, Halcyon, Pharaoh, Pro-Banish, and Runway). (not sure, but this may also effect straw used for their bedding). This may take some tracing if the stable has obtained hay etc. from elsewhere. This herbicide will remain in the manure and can have devastating effects on crops for 12 to 24 months thereafter.

See: Royal Horticultural Society - Gardening Advice: Spinach problems

Thread about this here: An interesting paragraph in this blog...

__________________
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away