There are factors to consider in terms of both the compost and mulch you choose, but the overarching message is the same: It’s time to figure out where your compost and mulch is going to come from.

Compost and manure are some of the best things you can add to the soil in your vegetable garden. Adding them provides both organic matter and nutrients to the soil.

For a new 4-by-10-foot garden space (40 square feet), Savio recommends three bags of organic compost, three bags of composted steer manure (chicken manure can be too strong) and one bag of super ...

Manure happens -- managing it as compost is key / E. coli outbreaks are reminder of risks of waste as fertilizer. By Deborah Rich, Special to The Chronicle March 24, 2007.

Composting livestock manure has benefits including killing pathogens, reducing weed seeds and killing parasites, Keena told farmers at the Lake Region Extension Roundup held in Devils Lake on Jan ...

Hot composting also may help kill some weed seeds, as horse manure is notorious for introducing weed seeds into soil. Cow manure, on the other hand, has fewer, as cows are ruminant animals. Their ...

Olsen Custom Farms turns manure into humus compost at its cattle feedlot near Toronto, S.D., The 12-week process involves turning and treating 36, 160-foot long manure windrows on a clay-lined lot ...

One inch of manure compost supplies enough nitrogen for one growing season, but also adds four years’ worth of potassium and 14 years’ worth of phosphorus.

Compost is made up of decayed organic matter broken down into a nutrient-rich substance added to crops and plants as fertilizer. For at-home composting , throwing in animal-based waste, like bones ...

But composted manure is like a "slow-drip" of nutrients to plants. The Oregon Dairy facility - initially served by the Hurst family's 300 to 400 head of dairy cows ...

The composting process. Included in Mr Scholes’ 10- to 12-week composting service is the initial setup of the windrow pile, mixing with the specialist compost turner and subsequent monitoring of ...