Using Manure in the Garden (and why it's the best compost)
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- Over the years you've seen me use A LOT of manure in the allotment and the raised beds in the previous home garden. Now that we're building another new garden, I'll be using a lot more of it. Both for the no-dig garden beds, but also to get the new orchard started. In this video, I share why composted and aged horse manure is my favorite type of garden compost, ways to use it, things to watch out for, and where I get mine from.
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About 40 yrs ago (yes 40) I cleaned out a friend's sheep pen and got the manure for free. I planted rhubarb in it and that rhubarb patch is still thriving to this day with very little added to the soil.
I am doing that this year for my whole garden.
Thank god I’ve watched this video first, I’ve just taken delivery of 10 large bags of horse poop and I was going to work it into my pots and paddling pools with my soil 🙏 I don’t know where I’d be without CZcams ❤
Couldn't agree more! Getting bulk amounts of manure and letting it sit and compost for 6 months is basically some of the best compost you can make. I don't even compost it... I just allow it to sit under a tarp and let mother nature do the work. Great video Tanya from Brisbane Australia!
It's so good! Garden waste compost is great, but manure is my go-to! So inexpensive, readily available, and beneficial for the soil
Great session and very informative. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this topic. I am using composted manure which I get on bags. I top dress and use as an amendment as you do. Like you, I cannot make enough compost for my needs. Kudos for this video.
Thanks for the video Tanya! I am very fortunate as my oldest daughter brings me a big load of composted horse manure for my birthday every November. (She works at my sisters horse farm) I appreciate it immensly and so do my plants!
My mother (many, many years ago) used old horse manure for her gardens and I have carried on the tradition!
Your home looks fantastic and I am sure over the years you will transform it even more!
Have a great day!
Mike 🇨🇦🍁👍
Lies again? Flower S**t
Your beauty has blown me away. Keep up the content
Looking forward to seeing some orchard planting videos next month 😊
Wonderful information...Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
So much info, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us :)
Good morning Tanya. Thank you for this info. Apart from seeing way back on the early 50’s mum and neighbours running out after the rag and bone man had been along the street, yes I’m that old, collecting the horse droppings for the garden, I know nothing about why or it’s use. My neighbour offered me some last year on hearing I was starting to grow veggies from his wife’s horses, I didn’t take him up as like I said I knew nothing about it. Well I can’t say that now so I will be asking for some and follow your advice. Cheers from Tasmania
You are such a lovely lady, love your videos always very informative 🥰
Thank you for the information
lovely video tanya
Hi, I was searching youtube for blackberry Pruning when I came across your channel. I subscribed. I was watching your horse manure video. I was delighted. The best garden I have ever seen or had was using manure from our stables. Every wheelbarrow full went straight to the garden. My plans are to build several no till beds like in your video. I can't wait to see your other videos.
Is it ok alone as a growing medium if it's aged enough?
Thanks for the knowledge.
We compost our chicken manure too and its amazing. My best news.....its my birthday today and I was given a copy of A Woman's Garden! So enjoying it. I dont know where to read first!!!
Happy birthday Jenny! I feel honoured that you've been gifted my book on your special day 💚🎁🎉
I put it on the beds in the fall ONG with grass nettle and leaves and let weather and the compost worms do their job. In the spring you just plant. Do 6 inches and subtract 2 every other year until you maintain with 1 inch of leaves or grass
Yesterday I was bagging up a car full of manure from my sister-in-law's horses! It was free just hard work! Luckily I know it's been herbicide free for at least the last 10 years!
Articulate, knowledgeable with a command of the language. Refreshing. Wow. What a nice change.
I am farmer from africa i love this channel
Beautiful lawn!
Awesome video! I use steer manure. I’ve been using it for years, mainly because it’s readily available here in my area. It’s what my parents and grandparents used, so it’s what I know. I’ve never used horse manure before. I’m going to have to check it out. Thanks for the information 💚 ~ Tanya
Welcome! Cattle manure is great too, as are other livestock (sheep, chicken, etc). Just one additional thing to think about with using it though. Food animals can be (are often) given antibiotics so it's always best to compost and age it for many months (or years) before using it. Antibiotics can affect the soil, killing good soil organisms and even lead to the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
@@Lovelygreens Thanks! We don’t eat meat, so antibiotics in animal products are a big concern for us. I’ll be sure to double check any product I purchase. Thanks for the tip 💚 ~ Tanya
I wouldn't recommend using it if you are already using cattle manure. Cattle manure in my opinion is WAY BETTER. But I'm nobody important lol best of luck
@@BwHippie84s that true? I heard from a farmer that you wanna use horse manure, and manure from cows was totally useless and actually a scam. He said that's where the term "bull shit" comes from, bc it doesn't work.
I don't have experience with either tho
@@WrightBrosFlightSchool well in my experience cow manure is great. Not many is any weed seeds. They don't pass through ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats, deer). Too many grass/weed seeds in the horse manure for me. Unless you are trying to grow grass.
We use not only multi animal manure from our horse farm friends down the street, my favorite compost is mushroom. Rich and moist and already composted. Organic. Another thing we do is have it dumped on a large tarp so we don’t have it in the grass.
Mushroom compost is usually made with horse/cow manure :)
The point that crops are different then other plants is a great reminder. I'm often hearing comparisons of our gardens to what "nature," does but most of our cultivated crops don't grow in nature. Hence the work we do as gardeners to cultivate our soil beyond what nature provides.
We can emulate natural processes to make our gardens more productive and decrease costly inputs -- Permaculture works! But our gardens will always be human creations and pseudo natural settings.
Yes that horse manure is so great for growing....we have horses here...Icelandic to be exact and they eat only organic non sprayed hay....and then there's chickens also....I compose this and mine is about 6 years old..."BLACK GOLD...TEXAS TEA😉!".....
Must be some really lovely stuff!
Great video, thanks for the breakdown. We have access to cow manure for extremely cheap and need a system to turn it into amazing usable compost.
Thank you for making this video. Looking forward to watching more of your composting type videos. 👍🏼
Even with the small potting of plants this year, store bought stuff is so expensive 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Compost costs add up! I don't know any gardener who doesn't buy at least a little though. Bagged stuff is sterile and great for seed starting. In the garden, homemade compost and composted manure are very helpful! How's the farm purchase going?
Good info Tanya. I wondered how long to let it age. I collect cow manure from our pasture (it’s not sprayed) and I actually dressed my beds with it and will let it sit till spring when I will plant. Hoping I didn’t goof up!
You should be fine. The reason you don't want to use it right away is because it will be "hot" literally you can feel it heat up your garden bed, thus, it will burn and kill your plants.
@@Cashelda Thank you!
Applying fresh muck to beds can be done, but it's not advisable around growing plants. Leaving it for 4-6 months will make it safe (low risk of pathogens) and the salts and ammonia will have had time to break down. It's these elements that burn plants, not heat. Think chemical burns. However, uncomposted manure will contain weed seeds. Nettles, dandelions, dock, bindweed, etc -- anything your cows have been eating. It's the nature of seeds to be eaten and deposited in different places with a little fertiliser.
@@Lovelygreens Thank you! I may be battling weeds next spring! There’s so much to learn.
It is the best. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you Tanya Lovely Greens . Im trying to make compost from household waste for my postage stamp sized bit of garden, Its a bit smelly. Hope that goes away soon. I bought a bag of horse manure last year for the Tomatoes i was growing its quite expensive isnt it? . For the cost of manure , Seeds, and 2 litres of Tomorite. It would have been more cost effective to have just bought Tomatoes from the supermarket . Lol .. Though supermarket Toms will never taste half as good as home grown . Love watching your videos for your advice and tips . Your very easy on the eye too . Hee Hee!!! Bye
The smell is likely from anaerobic processes. Its common when you have a pile of moist grass and/or kitchen waste. You can reduce the smell by adding more brown material (cardboard, straw, etc) to your compost and adding air. I'd highly recommend a tumble composter 🙂
Its nearly Fall and we have just started setting up raised garden bed (new to all things gardening).
We have been cleaning out father-in-law's horse & cattle shelters last couple weeks. The Horse poo is old, like years old, but hasn't been really rain or anything; no smell and is very dry (dusty) can I use this today? I did a home kit test, it is VERY alkaline with basically zero nitrogen. Help!
I'm in the middle of making an inground garden. The measurements are roughly 12ftx10ft. Roughly 8 inches to a foot deep. What would be your opinion on the amount of cow manure to be mixed in? I will be growing a variety of things. Mainly chili peppers, tomatoes, and a few other things.
Manure. Yumm.
Hi Tanya!
When my aunt and uncle moved to Long Island here in the states my uncle spent two years with the soil of their garden as on Long Island it's all sand. By using plant table scraps and buying bags of cow manure their garden was transformed into a healthy and very productive vegetable producer.
An unrelated question. What do you grow Kohlrabi for and how do you use it? Another of my uncles was a career soldier in the US Army and he was introduced to Kohlrabi when he was stationed in Germany. Once he retired he grew a ton of Kohlrabi in his garden.
Amazing! Kohlrabi is delish 👌 The entire swollen stem is sweet and crunchy and tastes mildly of cabbage. Roast them, grate them raw for warm/cold salads, slice and layer them like a potato bake. So many ways to eat them
Stable manure is wonderful stuff! Plants gobble it up like I eat chocolate.
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Aminopyralid is not the only problem with purchased potting mixes. As we are moving to green waste based potting mix and local council green waste, I have noticed that I now have onion white rot and brassica white blister. I am surrounded by arable fields and have been growing here for over 20 years. Onion white rot cannot be destroyed by composting even the high temperatures achieved when it's done at large scale, commercially. White Blister is apparently due to overcrowding, but my brassicas are at recommend spacing. I'm not saying lets go back to peat, I just think we need to do more research and testing on these new products. The old sniff and run it through your fingers is not adequate. Now to plant my garlic in composted cow manure from my local farmer!
Shame about the plant diseases, and their persistence. Although not as common, did you know that you can get aminopyralid herbicide poisoning from green-waste compost too? In some regions it's used in herbicides for lawns -- grass clippings that are sprayed with it can make it into green waste and get composted with the rest of the mix.
@@Lovelygreens Yes I was aware, but that is easier to test for with a quicker result. Growing sweetcorn can reduce the contamination.
@@gwenscoble6229But don't compost the cornstalks; get them off the property.
Hi. What do you think if aged goat mature? What is the minimum age
A very informative video!
Do you think Aminopyralids is less common in cow manure - if there's any at all?
Not any less common if the cows eat hay. Usually cow muck comes from barns that they've been housed in over winter and during that time they'll have been eating hay or silage that could be contaminated with herbicide.
How did you make the netting support for your brassicas?
I use netting from Gardening Naturally in the UK
Great video, I've always wondered about using manure since I mostly have access to green waste compost in the city. Do you have to turn the aged manure so that it turns into compost evenly?
It's better to do that to ensure that the weed seeds in the manure on the outside gets cooked. It's uncommon for folks to both turn and age manure though. Usually it's piled in a stack and left for a year or more.
@@Lovelygreens thanks Tanya that was super helpful...I love your channel, I'm in a similar climate in Seattle WA Zone 8b
Very informative video thank you. I've got access to a load of horse muck and some of the pile is up to 8 years old. Very crumbly. Is that alone ok as a growing medium? Or if I leave it in my no dig bed until next year? It's gonna cost me a fortune to fill them with bought compost. Thanks in advance 😊
I also really like horse manure, because I can get it.🙂
Hello! Very helpful video and information, thank you! What do you mean by "composting the manure"? Are you just leaving it to stay for months or you have some kind of process?
You can hot compost it or simply leave it in a pile. Hot composting involves turning the pile every few weeks, and the manure becomes gorgeous dark compost after a few months. If you just pile it up and leave it, it will take about a year to become decent compost. It may have viable weed seeds in the outer layer of the pile, too.
Thank you!
@@Lovelygreens
Nyc sharing
Hi I also get horse manure from a stable near me. Question to make it turn into the black gold I just need to let it sit in a pile? Do I need to turn it over? Please let me know. Thanks
You can just pile it up for a year or more, as an easy option. The outer layer is the most likely place to find viable seeds still but you can scrape that off and further compost/age it.
I have a question that I cant seem to find an answer for - hoping someone can help. I am fairly new to gardening and am using composted horse manure for the first time this year. I want to top dress my ground and table gardens as well as my containers. In the past, I always mulched with chopped straw or leaves. if I top dress with manure, do I still mulch? If so I would assume that I mulch on top of the top dressing? Thanks in advance. I am apprehensive when trying new things since my growing season is short and I basically have one shot a year.
Hi there, mulch is any material that you place on the soil to top-dress it, stop weeds from growing, and help the soil retain water. Some mulches, like compost and aged manure, also feed soil life below. So, to answer your question, no, you do not need another mulch on top of the manure mulch. Happy gardening 💚
@@Lovelygreens Thank you so much :)
Lovely video!
Do you know how to avoid aphids on broccoli?
Avoid, no. Opportunistic insects will eye up your crops whatever you do. Fortunately, aphids are easy to spray off with a jet of water.
Does the herbicides affect fruit trees ? Thx awesome video & advice . 👍😘⚾️
Aminopyralids do not affect established fruit trees, brassicas, grass, or sweetcorn.
Hello there thanks you for knowledge. My name is Ketut, iam from Indonesia Bali I want to ask about between horse manure and cow manure for using composer I have lots of 🐄 manure ? Thanks you very much, kinds regards. Ketut in Bali Indonesia
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What's the percentage you use ? Like 50% manure 50% native soil or?
hello all i am new to raised bed gardening. I need to fill up the bed with what? i dont know whats best for year after year? the bed is completely empty right now. What should i use to fill. Thank you
A good mix is 40% compost, 40% soil, and 20% drainage/conditioning materials (vermiculite, grit, green sand, etc). Each year, cover the surface with an inch of compost, and you're good!
What about a year old pig manure? Is it safe for edible gardens? Thank you
One way people enrich the soil here is with woodchips and leaves. The US is into having big grass lawns, so the landscaping companies will deliver free woodchips to your door. I'm not sure if broadleaf pesticides are an issue with woodchips.
Not so much since they're used on soil level plants. Keep in mind that leaf bulk has almost no nutrients -- it helps give structure to the soil though. Wood chip can make good compost when it's broken down. I use it in non broken down form on paths since plants won't grow in it.
I got my hands on free herbicide free rotted manure!
Is it definitely well rotted if it has no smell, some hay bits and lumps?
I wouldn't worry about the odd lump. If it has little smell and the horse poo has lost its round shape it's good to go 💚
Hello there! I have another question. If the manure is 3 or more years old, do I still need to compost it? Are there gonna be pests and weeds after that many years?
After three years, it's good aged compost. There may still be seeds in it, though, depending on how hot the pile got and if any blew in on the wind. If there are plants growing on the manure, that's a good indication.
It depends...I viewed a CZcams where a gentleman purchased hay for his goats not knowing that it had been sprayed with weedkiller.
His goats ate the hay.
He used their manure on his garden and nothing grew because the weedkiller was now in his garden soil.
He said that it took years to purify his garden soil.
I'm pretty sure I covered aminopyralid herbicides in the video.
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Do you pay for the half composted manure?
My sister delivered a small trailer of horse manure last October. I scattered it on top of my garden and planned to use the garden in the spring. My question is, is that too soon to use?.. also I'm reading conflicting things about using it for tomatoes or ant fruit trees? I also read not use it for root vegetables, so I did not spread it in my garden where I plan on growing potatoes and carrots.
Was it fresh or composted manure? Fresh horse manure contains a lot of viable weed seeds, so keep that in mind. It's fine to plant in for most veg, though, but not in places you want to grow carrots. They'll grow, no problem, but the high fertility can cause the carrot roots to fork and become a pain to peel and use.
@@Lovelygreens fresh
For top dressing a lawn. I heard use humus manure?? I believe nurseries do not carry that for delivery. I have used compost but these places that you purchase from the material has too many little twigs and stones which is not going to work when top dressing a lawn. Please advise
Thank you
Sieved compost is probably best for you then, and you can use homemade compost then too. You can find small manual sieves (cheap) and larger electric soil sieves (not cheap) to choose from. Sometimes you can find worm castings and very fine compost for sale, though.
Did you ever have your soil tested using composted horse manure and the results came back with phosphorous being very high: i had that problem using aged rabbit manure.
I'd only ever test my soil if I suspected an issue. I've never had one, though. There are many different ways to garden, but some involve too much overthinking for my style.
Hey, what are your thoughts on using manure from animals that are on medication? I'm worried about that and it's difficult to make sure none of those risk factors are in manure that you can buy.. :(
I'd probably avoid that, if possible. It's more an issue with cow manure since they're often dosed up with hormones. Only about 79-87% of the steroids are broken down by composting actions.
@@Lovelygreens Thank you for that info! 😊
When you say well rotted or partially rotted, how old are these manures?
If you leave manure in a heap, then a year or more is well-rotted. If it's hot composted, then manure can be ready in six to eight weeks.
What about using the dranching method , how is it done
Never heard of it.
Hello from Kentucky. Just curious- In America we say “on our Land or farm or property” people in the UK seemed to call it their “Allotment” Is this just something your allowed to have by government and you don’t pay for it, is it a rental or the same as America, you just call it a different name?
This explains what an allotment is: czcams.com/video/z8_GER8n8qE/video.htmlsi=KbdQQBpxotTpVGcB
I grow in containers because my soil is not very good. Can I just put a layer of manure all over the small back garden and wait for 6 months or a year before I plant in it?
It really depends on the soil and what's under it. For example, new build properties often have no top soil and a lot of rubble underneath. In that case, raised beds would be better.
One of my only concerns about using manure, is the fact that many animals are given antibiotics, and other medications, and in some cases depending on where it's from, can be quite high. I think that you really need to know your source, especially if you are trying to garden organically.
It is a concern, but more with cow or chicken manure than horse. Fortunately, one Canadian study showed that composting manure breaks down 85-99% of antibiotics in manure after just 30 days. I imagine that leaving it to age longer could care of the rest.
@@Lovelygreens Thank you for that, that is really helpful to know!
Thank you. Where is this place I like so nice
The Isle of Man 🙂
@@Lovelygreens thanks
How old horse manure should be to be safely used on the veg patch?
Cold composted...so aged in a pile and unturned...about one year. Actively composted you can use it much sooner. 3-6 months-ish
@@Lovelygreens thank you for reply! I have been given 18 months old manure from my new lovely member, which I spread around my veg patch 😊 after watching you wonderful video I've started to worry that is to "fresh". Thank you once again xx
How do you control flies?
When manure is aged/composted there isn't a fly problem. Flies are only attracted to fresh manure.
Hi, how bad is the smell? I stay in town, close to neighbors
Because I live in the country named Indonesia. I have question for you tanya: why in Uk does not use menure of lamb? Because I always see lamb on the green land 😁
Sheep poo is extremely fertile! Collecting it would be a pain in most circumstances since they free roam in pastures and the hills rather than living in a barn.
If you already have mulch around your plants, do you need to remove it in order to top dress the plants with manure?
I probably wouldn't put down two types of mulch but I cant think of a reason why you couldn't do it -- just spread it lightly over the existing mulch.
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how long it has been aged? horse manure that is ready for use
If just piled into a heap and left, one year.
Mix it with free coffee grounds 😊
I'm new on to channel😅😅😅
Animal manure can be hiding chemical residues from their feed, and from the grass or hay they've been eating. If you can't rule-out the potential for chemical byproducts in the manure, be careful to avoid using it in your vegetable beds. It will be fine for decorative plants but not for the dinner table.
How old is your "aged" manure?
It's hot composted for about three months before I get it. Typically, aged manure is simply piled up somewhere and left for one to two years.
Too bad they didn't deliver it closer to the beds!
Right? 😂
Glyphosate in manure is killing leafy plants and veg
You can make it yourself why buy it? Dah
My dog eats it
too much work. spread the shit. til it in. plant
Now I am afraid to use horse compost…..
It's something to be wary of, but you can always check for aminopyralid herbicides by growing a test crop of tomato plants in some before you spread it around the garden. If the leaves begin deforming then not a good sign.
The aminopyralid does not affect grasses so grow sweetcorn on it and the aminopyralid levels will be reduced, potentially to nothing, and you still get a crop. Green waste composts are not without their problems too.
@@gwenscoble6229Don't compost the cornstalks. Get rid of them to get rid of the herbicide.
Cow manure is better.
Most horse manure comes from mucked out stalls & have lots of salt in it.
Other fantastic compost materials are: Christmas trees, palm tree branches, & lawn grass mixed with leaves.
All manure has salts in it until it's composted/aged. It's what burns plants when you use manure fresh.