[perdycat]

Hi all, I have finally got my first allotment after a very long 5 year wait!!
It has an old shed on it that has been fashioned at some point into a chicken house, as it is structually quite sound apart from a missing door I am thinking of using it for storage, however it is covered in chicken muck, does any one have any ideas what to use to clean it up with that is also environmentally ok?
Also what is the best manure to put on the ground (cheapest option!) and when is the right time to do it??? Many thanks 

[gavinjconway]

Remember the chicken muck is manure... use it..  Only use well rotted manure and do it in early Spring  when you dig as it's a bit late, wet and cold to dig now.. Best manure is FREE... it all does the same job generally by enriching the soil.

[sunshineband]

Hi perdycat and welcome to the forum 

Please will you add your  locality into yourprofile, as this will help with responding to posts about growing etc.

Five years is a long time to wait for a plot: having a shed (albeit without a door) is a bonus 

[allotment south wales]

Good luck with your allotment plot.

chicken manure needs to be composted before using on the plot...

house manure or cow manure once composted or old enough is ideal to add to the soil to increase the humas in the soil to improve it -  also add leaf mold grass cuttings etc.

Try not to go down the chemical growing route with grow more etc.

Keep it organic  and you will get better results 

use blood fish and bone as a general fertilizer scatter approx two weeks before planting.

organic fertilizers = blood fish & bone.    bone meal.     calcified seaweed.    seaweed meal.     liquid seaweed.    chicken manure. 

[perdycat]

Many thanks for your replies all the advice is most helpful, I have updated my profile to show location, a very wet and windy cumbria!!!!