We have a Pearland newsletter that comes in every 2 months and a nearby equestrian center had a posting about selling bagged and bulk horse manure. They say the compost starts with good quality feed consumed by healthy horses. Daily stall cleaning mixes the manure with pine shavings used as bedding. Thay also claim that the pile has been collected over 5 years.
Last year I added chicken, sheep and goat manure to my raised beds and had excellent results. I want to try doing the horse manure this year.
Should I or Shouldn't I ? I can just get so bogged down making this decision :( Please help me make this decision.

I'm way down south of you by quite a bit.
Or I'd be on my way to grab some of that horse manure!
Real quick! !

At one time we lived in the country,
A close neighbor had a couple of horses.
I could go to the corral & scoop up all the horse maure I wanted.

It contributed to some beautiful roses.
Be careful with it for tomatoes, though.
It is high in nitrogen and will make beautiful plants,
Not much fruit.
But maybe I should have added a bit more of other nutrients.
To sort of balance it out.

Hopefully others will weigh in here.
But it sounds like a heck of a good thing to me ! !

Rusty

Every inch of every bed, several inches thick.

Some of it was fresh and some was composted already. All the plants just loved it. After a while the soil was so easy to dig in.

Kylie

Do you mind letting me know what equestrian center it is that has manure? I'm in Pearland too and I could use some. Thanks!