[puravida]

Got my rasied beds ready so thought I'd ask around locally for some manure.

Stopped at the stables just up the road and asked if they sold the manure.

'No I don't sell it', he said 'but you can help yourself to as much as you like for free. The pile on the left is new, the one on the right has been there  about a year'

Fab!!

[lucywil]

we know someone who has 4 horses and he likes us to take it off his hands because he has to pay to dispose of it so you are doing them a favour

[WG.]

Horsemuck with straw is miles better than stuff with sawdust or woodshavings.

[Aunt Sally]

Not so easy to find nowadays though WG  

[puravida]

how much shall I chuck at the bottom of these raised beds I'v e made before I put the soil on top do you think??

an inch or two??

[Annie]

You should live next to me Aunt sally,they`ve filled thier normal 2 deep storage areas and the freshly removed soiled straw is now being tipped down a slope behind our house and that can`t go on much longer...still we have a hugh and ready supply.I know we`re rural but if they advertised onfreecycle...

[Aunt Sally]

Parcel it up and send some to me Annie   They all seem to use wood shavings round here.  

[Annie]

I can understand why now the straw situation is getting out of hand..

[WG.]

how much shall I chuck at the bottom of these raised beds I'v e made before I put the soil on top do you think??

an inch or two??

No mate, I'd really pile it in.  How about 6 inches (if it has straw).  Leave one bed free of manure tho', that's for your carrot and parsnip.

[lucywil]

the stuff we get doesn't have straw, sawdust or anything in it. i kinda wonder why but don't like to ask!

[WG.]

the stuff we get doesn't have straw, sawdust or anything in it. i kinda wonder why but don't like to ask!

Some people gather the horse manure out of the field & this is the best stuff.

Reason they do is to break the cycle for intestinal worms.