Right, I've got some manure....

[leah]

what should I do with it

It looks well broken down, most of the straw has gone completely... I dug deep

I'm having 1m square beds. Should I place the manure at the bottom of the bed and top it with soil? Or mix it with the soil, or put it on top?

I know I shouldn't grow carrots or parnsnips. Is there anything I should avoid? And anything that would do really well from a good dose? apart from tatties and pumpkins

[Flummery]

I tend to bang it on top and let the worms do the digging! However, ask 3 gardeners and you'll get 4 answers!

[Snadger]

I tend to bang it on top and let the worms do the digging! However, ask 3 gardeners and you'll get 4 answers!

Well, if you ask this one you'll get the same answer! Put it on the top I reckon as well.

[Pies]

I say use as a top dressing

[Pumpy]

Is it possible to grow in neat well rotted (ie black) manure?

Reason I ask is that I have 3 raised beds that need filling with somethng and can get as much well rotted manure as I want for free.

One bed is for lettuce, cauliflower and cabbage, one for peas and the other is for carrots, parsnips and onions, this one will have soil only - no manure.
Will it work?

P

[Creemteez]

I've heard of people growing pumkins on top of their compost heaps, so I would have thought they would appreciate a neat manure bed. Anything that's really greedy, ie Tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins will take a stong mix of manure.
Last year I filled one of my beds nearly full of WRM and then topped it off with a couple of inches of soil. My courgettes LOVED it!

[Snadger]

If the compost is at least five years old or more it will have a consistency similar to soil anyway.
Brassicas like a firm base though and I doubt whether you will be able to get it firm enough.