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An old irish lady once said that horse is the best. Let me talk to Jeff and see if we can work it out. Thanks!
Gotta git out plant some veggies!
Wrong.
The horse manure is the worst for a garden.
Unfortunately, unless composted & turned often, it contains ALOT od seeds that go undigested.
And said seeds sprout in your garden.
Cow manure same thing, you must compost it to death.
Rabbit manure is the best, having the best vitamins, minerals & Nitrogen, and no seeds.
And you can till it directly into the soil, and thus use it immediately, nice to handle, too, easy to scatter.
(Remember all winter I saved Rabbit smart pills for Illia?)
It is so highly sought after in California by pot growers that many have rabbits just for the poop.
The next best to rabbits is chicken manure.
With that you do have to compost to 'burn off' the bad bacterias before you use it (compost & turn it) but it never contains seeds.
Birds' gizzards digest seeds completely.
There is alot of web sites that have the different types of manure listed, and the microorganism & nutrients each contains, I will see if I can find it again.
I used some of my first chicken bedding as mulch yesterday. It was close to a year old, and had spent the last 6 weeks or so in a tumbler composter. I figured it was good because the ammonia smell was gone, and it smelled pleasant. I was doing some rearranging in the ornamental garden out front. Up to now, I've been a firm believer in arborist's chips. Here's hoping that chicken manure/ wood shavings is even better.
I remember BOTH!!
