A few weeks ago we became proud owners of a trailer load of horse $%&*. We had to pay for it (there are probably people somewhere who will give it away) but for the quantity we received it was good value. What needs to be remembered is that growing vegetables take a lot out of the soil. A good way to put it back is by using manure. It not only adds to the soil nutritionally but improves the composition by adding organic matter. We have already used it to bottom fill the potato trenches (potatoes require a lot of food), spread it over the asparagus bed and put loads into the bean pits. I'm expecting a good crop from the beans this year. What's left of the pile will be dug in over the rest of the plot as required.
We got our manure from a contact number displayed in the allotment shop. The load arrived bang on time and the tractor driver was able to skillfully drop it on the end of our plot. It may be $%&* but it's good $%&* !
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