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Compost and other organic amendments, such as aged manure, coconut fiber (called coir), worm castings (earthworm excrement) and seaweed, also improve the texture of the soil, Savio said.

Manure and lime are bested added to the garden at separate times. But do a soil test first to make sure you really do need either.

Garden soil will benefit from annual applications of manure as much as agricultural fields do. Good garden practices will minimize the possibility of pathogen contamination. The safest route is to ...

Well-rotted horse manure and other compost materials are best when worked into the soil every year or two - especially garden soil. A shovel-full or two can be added when new trees and shrubs are ...

A memory of one of my best friends, who was a gardener, involved not-so-old farm yard soil. Every year my friend would spread horse manure over his garden late in winter or early in spring.

Use manure to get your garden growing — even in winter. MOIRA SHERIDAN THE (Wilmington, Delaware) NEWS JOURNAL. What's old is new again and a timeless method of raising vegetables outside in ...

The Bible says I should not covet my neighbor’s ox or ass or wife. I don’t have any problem with that. But I have to admit I do really covet my neighbors’ manure pile. I drive past it almost ...

A GARDENING expert has revealed an 89p soil hack which will save your soil over the cold winter months. Summer is now well and truly behind us, and although the UK has been battered by a deluge of … ...