Manure!

valk_scot

Kazipoo wrote: »

We get fresh stuff from some neighbours who have horses. The hubby takes a dishcloth and places manure inside then sews it back up with string, then with string still attached, adds it to our rainwater barrel, which he then uses to water the garden with, the plants love it!

A small hessian sack works well too, or an old pillow case, with no close-contact stitching! Just a loop of rope round the neck.

Lotus-eater

I've just been thinking about this a tiny bit.

If your shavings are already separate, it might be worth keeping them that way and composting them alone, you'll probably have to turn them frequently, otherwise they could well just turn into ash very quickly, they'll probably get to very high temps very easily.
I've never actually composted urine soaked shavings myself, so maybe someone who has, could offer advice and confirm what I have said.

jsh99

Thanks everyone. Not sure the hot bed thing is right for a novice - but maybe in a year or two when I've got the hang of this gardening lark! Sounds a good idea though.

I'd already started keeping the shavings seperate due to what others had told me - and I was thinking I could then move them and burn come the drier weather rather than composting.

Hopefully next year I'll have lovely well rotted compost to put on the beds. I'll also see if anyone else wants some to collect (already have a couple of people) but ground too wet at the moment to collect.

Cheers!