Hot manure, such as horse manure, should age 6 months to a year before you use it in your vegetable garden. Create a lasagna compost with the manure, compost bin compost and straw.

Secondly, chicken manure, and cow for that matter, should really be composted before being used in a garden directly. I prefer compost, often made with manure as one of the ingredients, over pure ...

DEAR JOHN: Horse manure and cow manure are similar in nitrogen content when fresh, but when dried, or “aged,” horse manure is richer, so the first thing to consider when deciding between them ...

Manure is now producing a steady supply of hot water — and cutting propane use — at Vern-Mont Farm due to a partnership with an Enosburg Falls company specializing in compost heat recovery.

He also adds straw and hay to the horse and cow manure on the farm, and after six months, sells the product as compost. Lees also accepts food waste to add to the compost. “We’re taking ...

By applying compost and mulch, they can better thrive. Gerald Kosaki, general manager of Hawaiian Earth Recycling, has offered to supply material for free to keep these trees vigorous and happy.

Our general store is ready for spring. Inside bright packets of seeds call for my attention. Outside on the porch are bags of peat moss, 5-10-5 and 10-10-10, limestone, compost, cow manure and bark ...