Composting

balloo_2

Any/All the tips you can give please. Also can I add cow manure to the bin I have had it in my Garden in plastic bags for 2 years didnt use it because it was really full of manure and straw not sure if there are maggots in it now,Perhaps they might have turned into fly's by now, but can i add it. :beer:

Lotus-eater

You can put the manure straight onto your beds. There are loads of threads on here about composting.

balloo_2

Lotus-eater wrote: »

You can put the manure straight onto your beds. There are loads of threads on here about composting.

Eww I dont want to lay in it dont think the wife would be to happy either.

westiea

I would not waste good manure in a compost heap - wait till autumn then stick it on your beds as Lotus suggests - the worms will take it down and it will be like giving it a a 3 course meal! Lots of food/ water retention and a great soil conditioner.
A couple of days in a cool season and smell will be gone.

If you choose to compost it and it is wet addsome dry matter like shredded newspaper in layers with the muck to help 'dry' it up.

Compost starter info here - my oh as always initiates ours with a bucket of pee as well documented on these forums!

balloo_2

westiea wrote: »

I would not waste good manure in a compost heap - wait till autumn then stick it on your beds as Lotus suggests - the worms will take it down and it will be like giving it a a 3 course meal! Lots of food/ water retention and a great soil conditioner.
A couple of days in a cool season and smell will be gone.

If you choose to compost it and it is wet addsome dry matter like shredded newspaper in layers with the muck to help 'dry' it up.

Compost starter info here - my oh as always initiates ours with a bucket of pee as well documented on these forums!

Thanks Lotus-eater & westiea I ordered the compost bin but i didn't realise that i couldn't use it for seedlings until I read a post on here I only have a small slabbed garden everything is grown in pots so I don't have beds to put it on, the Manure I bought from a Farmer and when it was delivered it looked like more straw than Sh*t I bought 3 bags used one in the pots for my Potatoes but they didn't turn out well so I have 2 bags left which I am not going to use so its a case of throw it out or compost it.