You and gardening! What is the magnetism?

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  1. ARMANDII

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    Same here, shiney, there are over 8 Stables in the neighbourhood and I used them all of them in the early years and now have the National Collection of Horse Shoes.:dunno::heehee:
     
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      Anyone who needs manure should just pop into their local council HQ. The pkace is full of manure in my experience.:poop: :sorry:
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        yep lots of horses around here also.
        The one free one I know of, who puts it in a bin over their fence, has been dug out to a depth of two feet by someone who turned up with a trailer, and does so regularly.
        Otherwise it varies between 50p to a pound a bag.
        You cant get much in a bag.
         
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          Plenty of free horse poo places round here. :)
           
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            There is plenty of horse poo here too. The trouble is it’s fresh and of no use. I still have half a bag left from the load I got last summer. It will be added to the compost bin once it’s up and running. I know somebody who said they had a sustained pile of poo I could take from. Maybe I will look into it when the need arises.

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              One of the, acceptable, problems with Horse Manure, [new or old] is that the Horses will have been in the fields feeding off the grass and weeds so there will be thousands of weed seeds in the manure.........which I learnt the very first year of my garden.:dunno::hate-shocked::snorky:
               
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                Maybe @pete passed a pile or three when he went to fetch his car nearer to shineyland to load his plants ... and ended up walking a mile? :scratch: :dunno: :whistle: :heehee:
                 
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                  I think it may well be accepted; doubt it is acceptable though :heehee:
                   
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                    Just keep it in the sun and let nature do the rest. Then you can cut out the middle man of putting it into your compost bin.
                    I once asked on here what to do with bags of horse manure if there was no room in the compost bin and I recall being advised to simply put it in a pile in a sunny spot and let nature do the rest. Yours has a bit of a head start if it has been left to sweat in a bag.
                    The reason for not using it "fresh" is because it can "burn" plants/foliage. I think now 6 months have passed yours may not be classified as "fresh"?
                     
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                      I guess that will depend on where it was stowed and what colour it is now, the deeper the colour the better. I was always lucky enough to strike "Black Gold" most of the time:snorky:
                       
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                        Now what gardener doesn't mind a bit of weed hoeing in return for a fertile soil:dunno::heehee:
                         
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                          Then, statistically, you can't ask for more than that :blue thumb:
                           
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                            When did the term "thousands" equate to "a bit"? Asked the pessimist of the optimist? :roflol:
                             
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                              It's all a state of mind,"M"

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                                I have asked before and I shall ask once again: please do not post pictures of me on the forums

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