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I finally was abe to find somebody in Mobile AL, that can give me some free horse manure.
My idea was to use it in my new raise bed, mixed with som straw, cofee grounds and some alfalpha.
I've been reading a lot about manures and I've discovered that horse manure tends to have a loot of weeds and some people suggest not to even use it.
At first I was thinking about placing it in my raise bed, making it very wet and placing some plastic on top so air does not escape to raise the temp of the manure and kill all the bad pathogens and weed seed. I was wondering if this would do it or not?
My second idea is to put it in my compost pile and to compost it with it and hopefully have a finished product in 5-6 months that I can use, but I am so new at this I just don't want to do anything stupid.
I was also hoping to be able to use the new raise bed to grow things by march, april time frame and I am not sure whether the manure would be dicompose fully by then.
I am just looking for an alternative method of filling my beds that is organic and also not expensive, my last 2 beds costed me about $60 to fill up and I really was hoping to not have to spend this kind of money again.
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