[Offwego]

Hi all,
I am being given 3tons of 5year old manure on friday which sounds great, trouble is I have very little storage room to keep it!
I was hoping to have it in the autumn but the guy can't keep it till then and it really is to good to miss.

Can I spread it over as a mulch for now and dig it in later?

[mumofstig]

As long as it is well rotted, and after 5 years it should be, then yes you can.

Lucky you 

[finleyfreyaseth]

get it on your beds youll be surprised 3 ton goes knowere get your squashes growing in it they'll love it

[Offwego]

As long as it is well rotted, and after 5 years it should be, then yes you can.

Lucky you 

Thanks for the advice, it's due at nine in the morning and my plot is at the top of the hill,so the barrow is going to be busy

[Offwego]

Job done- although the load ended up at being 7.5  tons

1 ton bag full ready  for the autumn, 2 compost daleks full, 10 -  50kg bags full,  rows between potato's full ,
 bean trench full ready for planting later ,  1 pumpkin pit full and 3 courgette pits full and at least 2.5 tons left for donation to the other plot holders.
Happy but tired as all of the above needed wheeling uphill to my plot, started at 8 am finished at 2 pm

[Offwego]

 went back after a quick lunch and planted 1 row of runner beans and 1 row of climbing beans, then weeded the onion bed