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9526: Re: Growing food in gardens (fwd)
From: NLaleau@aol.com
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Dear Marc--There are several mushroom farms nearby. They use cow manure
as
beds for their mushrooms. When the mushrooms are harvested, they dump the
"used" cow manure into big 10-15 foot heaps in the fields. People like me
come with 5-25 gallon containers and haul it away free. Larger farmers buy
dump trucks full, very cheaply. It's an organic fertilizer and incredibly
rich--Sells several bucks a bag at Wal-Mart. Our soil is adobe--rich but
impossible to put a shovel through if you don't loosen it up with organic
matter. Cow manure needs to be aged to be good, and the mushroom detritus
helps too. Ordinary cow manure can be aged and work very well too. I'm far
from an expert on it though! --Nancy Laleau