Manure is great for the garden. As a fertilizer, manure provides nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (also known as N-P-K), as well as several other nutrients. As a soil amendment, manure…
Manure
When you cook, you carefully consider the safety and healthiness of ingredients you place in each dish or pot. The ingredients you use to help grow fruits and vegetables should…
Vegetable and flower gardens need deep, rich soil that provides them with vitamins and minerals for growth, blooming and bearing. Manure can provide these nutrients naturally and is a valuable…
Manure has long been recognized as a way to renew worn-out crop fields. The nitrogen and other nutrients in the manure are a natural, organic type of fertilizer that also…
Manure and commercial fertilizers supply major nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to growing plants. However, before 1950, when World War II bomb factories were converted to fertilizer production…
Manure is especially rich in nitrogen and in phosphates as well as other elements. Apply it before growing nitrogen hungry leafy crops like potatoes, cabbage, sprouts, or kale.
I have read a couple posts from members discussing the quantity of manure they have applied. I seem to recall amounts like 6-8 inches thick. What I am understanding by…