Comments on: How Much Horse Manure To Order For The Soil? http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/ Growing My Own Food Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-5802 Anonymous Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-5802 that's great for you... that’s great for you…

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-1298 Mike Lieberman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:08:13 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-1298 Got it. Do it after a week of no rain. Got it. Do it after a week of no rain.

]]> By: cityslipper http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-1297 cityslipper Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:11:38 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-1297 I like to process my horse manure through vegetable and fruit plants before I eat it. Plants are so selfless: bury their feet in poopy soil and let their upper bodies stand in the sun, and they actually make food that they let you take away from them for your own use!<br><br>I've been lucky that the horse stable where my daughter rides has given me permission to take all the poop I want. I hope to harvest several tons of it this spring.<br><br>On that note, I suggest that you measure manure by volume rather than weight. It can hold a lot of moisture, or it can be dry. A 60 gallon can of manure can weigh about as much as 60 gallons of dry pine bark mulch, or as much as, perhaps, 40 gallons of water (more than 300 lbs). If you're digging your own horse manure, do so after several rainless days. I like to process my horse manure through vegetable and fruit plants before I eat it. Plants are so selfless: bury their feet in poopy soil and let their upper bodies stand in the sun, and they actually make food that they let you take away from them for your own use!

I've been lucky that the horse stable where my daughter rides has given me permission to take all the poop I want. I hope to harvest several tons of it this spring.

On that note, I suggest that you measure manure by volume rather than weight. It can hold a lot of moisture, or it can be dry. A 60 gallon can of manure can weigh about as much as 60 gallons of dry pine bark mulch, or as much as, perhaps, 40 gallons of water (more than 300 lbs). If you're digging your own horse manure, do so after several rainless days.

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-1296 Mike Lieberman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:56:41 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-1296 Cool. I'm hoping that you aren't eating the manure straight up. I really need to get on this. One of my friends put me on to a spot where I can get it for free! Cool. I'm hoping that you aren't eating the manure straight up. I really need to get on this. One of my friends put me on to a spot where I can get it for free!

]]> By: cityslipper http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-1294 cityslipper Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:38:52 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-1294 I think Shawna was suggesting you lay unopened bags of manure side-by-side on the area until the entire area is under a single layer of bags. Then, open the bags, dump the contents on the area, and fold the manure into the soil. Sounds as though it would put you in the neighborhood of 3+ inches depth. I think Shawna was suggesting you lay unopened bags of manure side-by-side on the area until the entire area is under a single layer of bags. Then, open the bags, dump the contents on the area, and fold the manure into the soil. Sounds as though it would put you in the neighborhood of 3+ inches depth.

]]> By: cityslipper http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-1295 cityslipper Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:32:45 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-1295 For my own beds, I wouldn't be happy with less than a 3 inch layer of manure... but I'd get a 6 inch layer if I could afford it. I converted my kids' sand box to a planting bed last season: removed the rotted wooden sides, covered it with a six-inch layer of less than a month-old manure, and folded the manure into the sand. It was delicious (or so the plants told me).<br><br>When I was a kid, we'd empty the winter's accumulation of horse manure and straw from the barn onto the kitchen garden. This easily resulted in a six-inch layer of freezer-fresh manure. After plowing and discing, we would have a fine crop of vegetables. For my own beds, I wouldn't be happy with less than a 3 inch layer of manure… but I'd get a 6 inch layer if I could afford it. I converted my kids' sand box to a planting bed last season: removed the rotted wooden sides, covered it with a six-inch layer of less than a month-old manure, and folded the manure into the sand. It was delicious (or so the plants told me).

When I was a kid, we'd empty the winter's accumulation of horse manure and straw from the barn onto the kitchen garden. This easily resulted in a six-inch layer of freezer-fresh manure. After plowing and discing, we would have a fine crop of vegetables.

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-972 Mike Lieberman Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:08:13 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-972 Got it. Do it after a week of no rain. Got it. Do it after a week of no rain.

]]> By: cityslipper http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/how-much-horse-manure-to-order-for-the-soil/#comment-970 cityslipper Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:11:38 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1688#comment-970 I like to process my horse manure through vegetable and fruit plants before I eat it. Plants are so selfless: bury their feet in poopy soil and let their upper bodies stand in the sun, and they actually make food that they let you take away from them for your own use!<br><br>I've been lucky that the horse stable where my daughter rides has given me permission to take all the poop I want. I hope to harvest several tons of it this spring.<br><br>On that note, I suggest that you measure manure by volume rather than weight. It can hold a lot of moisture, or it can be dry. A 60 gallon can of manure can weigh about as much as 60 gallons of dry pine bark mulch, or as much as, perhaps, 40 gallons of water (more than 300 lbs). If you're digging your own horse manure, do so after several rainless days. I like to process my horse manure through vegetable and fruit plants before I eat it. Plants are so selfless: bury their feet in poopy soil and let their upper bodies stand in the sun, and they actually make food that they let you take away from them for your own use!

I've been lucky that the horse stable where my daughter rides has given me permission to take all the poop I want. I hope to harvest several tons of it this spring.

On that note, I suggest that you measure manure by volume rather than weight. It can hold a lot of moisture, or it can be dry. A 60 gallon can of manure can weigh about as much as 60 gallons of dry pine bark mulch, or as much as, perhaps, 40 gallons of water (more than 300 lbs). If you're digging your own horse manure, do so after several rainless days.

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