I want to bring some manure from a local horse farm into my garden, but since they don't stockpile it, I'll have to pick it up fresh, before they spread it in an unused pasture somewhere.
I have two new raised beds that had cover crops killed by the recent cold wave down here in the deep south. They need lots of material, much more than the compost I'll have ready by spring. I have not been able to find a source for finished compost around here, so I'm left to what I can find/produce on my own.
If I put some of this fresh manure into those raised beds and turned it all under a bit, maybe add some other things like zeolite and molasses, will this be composted enough by spring for planting? Should I make a new compost pile with it instead? I plan to add some to the existing piles when I turn them in a week or so.
Thanks!
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