Posts Tagged ‘manure’
Bioassay – Testing Manure and Hay for Herbicide Contamination
How to Test for the Presence of Herbicides: Pot and Field Bioassays taken from “Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost,and Grass Clippings” NC State University Some laboratories can test for the presence of herbicides, but the tests are expensive and...
Horse Manure – In Dekalb County
Free Horse Manure! Little Creek Farm is a horse park off of Lawrenceville Highway which is owned by DeKalb county government as part of their GreenSpace initiative. With horses comes plenty of manure! The conservancy group is trying mightily to...
No BS! Free HS! – Getting Horse Manure for your Garden
Gardeners have used animal manure for thousands of years to add nutrients and organic matter to their gardens. In metro Atlanta, it has become harder and harder to find a stable because owners have had to move as their land...
Health Effects of Using Manure on a Garden
Q: This summer I added quite a bit of composted horse manure (from a local stable) to the soil of my vegetable garden. With the concerns about E. coli in the soil, do you think that it is safe to...
