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Pinedale, WY

I have searched the site on this one and have seen different responses. This is sad but I live in the land of the cows and farms and I am having trouble getting manure. People tell me they will bring me some and it never shows up. I have been trying since October. Question is: If I finally get some this month is it going to be to hot to put in the patch this spring? I have seen the answer that it has to set a year, I have seen that these plants are tough enough and can grow in it. The problem is that there is hardley any organic matter in my soil, so I need to up it. I am going to call about getting compost tomorrow, but if the fresh stuff will work it is free.

2/10/2008 11:30:17 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Properly composts "stuff" (leaves, manure, etc) takes time & space to produce. Anyone willing to offer this commercially will need to charge more than most markets will bear.

Two inches of fresh manure tilled shouldn't put you in a bad way. If money & space permit, buy 4 times that much to stockpile. Turn it every month for the summer & you'll be in fine shape come fall!

2/11/2008 12:02:21 AM

Pinedale, WY

I can get all the fresh manure I want for free, if I can ever get someone to bring it, arrrrg. Turning it isn't a problem, I just wasn't sure if I could put it in now or not. Sounds good thanks.

2/11/2008 2:04:48 AM

Danville, CA (petman2@yahoo.com)

Sounds like you need to rent or borrow a pickup or dump trailer. Most will load you on site but to ask them for their time and fuel to bring it to you for free...seems you are getting what you have paid for.

2/11/2008 10:03:00 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I pay 20 bucks a yard for compost, not bad stuff,

fresh manure sit it in a pile till next fall.

When u clean out a gutter that stuff is great organic material and usually well brocken down.

2/11/2008 11:52:06 AM

Pinedale, WY

Petman, where I live we have lots of feedlots, they have their own trucks and they load their manure from the pens then dump it in the farmers fields around here. A lot of the time they end up driving farther than it would be to my house, the problem is getting them to change their routine and go somewhere else. I am low priority I guess.

2/11/2008 12:03:16 PM

Wilmington.Ma.

Pastor slip them a few bucks it might change there priortys

2/11/2008 3:22:38 PM

A properly timed "24 pack" will usually go a long way with a driver that hauls poo for a living ;-)

2/11/2008 6:36:43 PM

Pinedale, WY

Took your advice AHABC, except I traded them giant pumpkin seeds. This time I told them what I wanted it for, they got interested, and I told them I would give them a few seeds when they bring it.

2/11/2008 10:21:15 PM

Danville, CA (petman2@yahoo.com)

Perfect! Win, win. Sounds like you just needed the right "persuasion." Didn't mean to come off wrong, I think AHABC and Unkadan said it better.

2/12/2008 12:27:48 AM

Pinedale, WY

Nope, it's all good. Small towns are funny, I grew a 212 lbs last year, as my first year. I took it to the feed store and it sat there for 3 weeks before Halloween and we had a "guess the weight contest". It was on the front page of our weekly paper and we had over 3,500 guesses in a town of 2,000 people. I am famous around here for my big pumpkins. I feel like a dork sometime, because my pumpkin didn't even make the top 20 in the state, let alone the country. But it promotes the sport and brings joy to people, and that is what counts. We had guesses from 35 lbs-600 lbs. It was crazy, everyone wanted that thing so bad. cool though.

2/12/2008 1:27:13 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Aw the barter system, I use it all the time. I can get free cow manure from a dairy, but lots of weed seeds. lol

2/12/2008 2:15:05 PM