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By: Sootie

Sootie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:34:43 +0000

Ah yes, shoveling s***, how can I resist! Mucho gracias for ya words of wisdom!

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:19:59 +0000

http://massolivent.blogspot.com/2008/12/compost.html
Many thanks!

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:49:02 +0000

Hey Jan, links are cool cheers!

We manage to mow the weeds which grow on the terraces near our veg plot. As I’ve been removing big chunky stones from them for years. The rest we strim a few times a year and that gives us more stuff.l It’s good for bulking up the compost heap and feels terribly British which I kind of like (the locals think we’re mental not to get a tractor in to do it but my way’s much cheaper)

Our local chicken farms swap manure for firewood but luckily a friendly neighbour lets us have the odd load for free as he gets so much from them. He’s my manure Angel! No really that’s his name Angel.

Well best get off to do some more weeding now!

Adios!

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:04:34 +0000

We need some manure for the field so must try soon to get round to asking in the village. Our compost heap, (enclosed with concrete blocks at the moment as they were to hand), is not very big, about a metre square I suppose, and only about a foot high. I have trouble finding enough stuff to put on it as our crops haven’t really got going yet. It’s composting slowly now though, although I don’t think there will ever be enough to spread on the section of the field we’ve planted and sown, so it will probably just be used on the small veg plot on the next but one terrace down. We definitely need to buy some!

This has made me want to put a post on my garden blog – would you mind if I put a link to yours?

By: catalan gardener

catalan gardener — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:55:22 +0000

Hi there Sootie,
Yep horse manure is fab stuff – it might be worth covering it if you can just so you don’t lose all the nutrients as it gets rained on – but even if not it will be a good bulker for your soil.
Any manure will help activate your compost heap so it’ll break everything down quicker.
Have fun shovelling!

By: Sootie

Sootie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:53:46 +0000

Very interesting, I’ve used foul manure on my veg plots – would I benefit from heaping the rest on to my compost heap? Also, (sorry, don’t want to treat you like an information service) do you think horse manure is good? I can get it for free at the moment and wondered if i should get a heap of it while I can and store it to age it, then throw it on the plots during winter. Please advise me Mountain girl?!!