J .. i think you just became a green thumb.. setting your fears aside .... and doing what is best ...

more later.. the kids are requiring me to go to the pool ... must have priorities in life ..

my gut tells me next spring .... with raw wood and active 'nure ... butch will know ...

ken

Good grief--"who knew" that all it takes is *flesh* and *brown* to equal *green*??
I could have done THAT alot sooner, had I known--not that I haven't had alot of brown
already under my fingernails, on my hands, etc.--just not the right shade of it, apparently! Nneeeehhh!

Have fun in the pool--sounds like a great idea, to me!!

use your kitchen gloves next time to save the nails ...

AS I UNDERSTAND IT .... VERY SIMPLY ...

raw wood uses up nitrogen in breaking down .... if put directly in the planting hole ...it can initially steal available nitro to the detriment of the plants ...

raw 'nure usually has an excess of nitro from the urea ... this can cause 'burning' to roots if concentrated to highly ... or cause excessive vegetative [green] growth ... to the detriment of a well balanced soil ...

as they say.. moderation in everything ...

the best way to 'moderate' nure ... is to age it ... like a fine wine ... that means compost it for a season .. let it balance itself all out ... ma nature is real good at doing it all by herself ....

the best to to get stinky nure.. is near the end of fall ... pile it up high .. and let it do its thing all winter.. WHEN EVERYONE HAS THEIR WINDOWS CLOSED ....

this is the simplest i can make it all .... so that i can remember it ... too much science.. and my eye glaze over .. and i cant remember all the facts ...

ken

btw.. if you get bird flew from horse poo .... well ... i just dont know where to go with that thought .. lol

Would you get bird flu or hoof and mouth?

i hope you dont have your hoof in your mouth if you've been massaging the 'nure.

Oh my word--I meant to say "Horse-poo-floo"! I need to slow down!!! Ruined the whole darn thread, didn't I!
Sort of falls *short*, now doesn't it!LOL

HORSE-POO-FLOO---I swear, that was what was in my head,
but it fell out wrong on the keyboard!!!

Poo head? Where is this thread going next??

LOL, Nancy, down the toilet, I'm sure!! Best if it does, literally now--I blew my whole joke!! Gak!
I'm really not good at being humorous--I try too hard!! Sigh!

I'm only funny to some, when I think I'm being serious,
like my family!!!!!

LOL, Ademink--I missed that one!! I often have my *hoof in my mouth*
but this time I did make sure to clean between the toes! Gak!

its not going down the toilet.... its going in the compost bin ....

ken

That's right, ken, thanks for reminding me, where to put that stuff, afterall! LOL

Okay, maybe there were birds in the barn, as well--ever think of that, HUH??? :o)

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Lots of horse-poo doo doo in this thread......lol

You'll have lovely compost....next year Janice.

June

P.S. Now I get the "Brownie Anyone"......lol

I got horse "poo" from my buddy, Flowers for my Farm this spring. It really didn't smell at all so must have been aged already. I spread it around all my hosta beds but not right next to the hostas; kept it away from crowns by at least 9". All my hostas did fine, even the minis. I added an inch of compost over that just to disquise the look,...it was grossing my DIL out!

Janice, you're kidding, right? You DID wear gloves, didn't you? This is POO we're talking about here! I wear my garden gloves.

Char

Char---No--I didn't!!! I knooooow! My hands still reek of bleach this morning!!! Shudder!

Don't worry Janice....if there was a horse-poo-floo I'd have been history ages ago. I have to haul it from the barn TO the pile before it becomes the nice hosta fertilizer. What were you thinking touching it with your bare hands though???? ewwwww.... I'm going to have to send you a pair of gloves. LOL

Well, Connie--it wasn't smelly, icky or snything like that, it was more like peat with some charcoal lumps! LOL
And KEN SAID, if you can't put your hands in it (or something like that) then don't put it on your hosta!

I didn't actually plan to do that but when I was emptying the garbage it was in, onto the compost pile I've been
developing all summer, stuff sort of fell out of control, off the raised bed I was doing this in and I sort of
*grabbed for it* impulsively! I know--ewwww--but it really didn't smell at all, really--barely at all!

I immediately ran in and scrubbed my hands, using a brush and soap with bleach and all! So far, I'm still here!!! LOL
Now, I will admit to wanting to eat alot of apples and the alfalfa is mighty tempting, to me right now! :o)

where is janice???

ken

Attention Hey J,
People are looking for you on The Forum!
George :-)

Hey there George, er Dave!!! :o)) I bet you're fed up with the snow and ice hereabouts aren't you!
It sounded like gunshots around our neigborhood night before last and we lost several big limbs in
the ice onslaught!

No bird-poo-flew around here, they're all laying low till it gets a good thaw! hehehe

Thank you, cAROL for the heads up!! :^)

Hey J,
Sorry so late in replying, trying to clean the hard-drive and organize pictures. I am sick of the snow. But you know record low temperatures and record snow fall is caused by global freakin' warming, don't you?

George ( I think someone is knocking at the door again!)