fertiliser question(s)

since we started in the garden, I've been saving everything for re-use...

so..... I've got leaf mulch (because we are surrounded by woods) but im not sure what to do with it? or if it looks right.... it's in a chicken wire enclosure and its reduced by at least half.. the top leaves are dry and its all mushy underneath... do i turn it? then what can i use it for?

and I've got 2 dalek compost bins which get garden waste (dead headed flowers etc) and veg peelings... they seem to be doing okay.. and I've used some of the compost under a lawn...

and 3 other compost piles, which i tend to put heavier clippings etc - weeds, some grass mowings with cardboard, more weeds.... last years plants, that sort of thing..

a neighbour just gave me a couple of buckets of horse manure... should i put them in either the daleks or the compost piles?

bit over whelmed by this TBH....

 

Right ridgiemum

Because you aren’t totally sure of your leaf mould I would apply it as a mulch in the autumn.....say October

I would put the horse manure with the compost piles.....mix it in. Stir the heap.

The bins...try to turn the contents if you can. If you grow runner beans you could trench some of it in there in the autumn.

If any of your compost is reasonably rotted you could, again, use it as a mulch in the autumn.

 

thank you.... that's very helpful....

 

I was looking at bottles of rose feed in the garden centre... And it's pretty much watered down horse poop....
I left one of my empty donated buckets of horse poop out in rain (to clean it, cos I'm lazy) and now after yet another down pour, it's a bucket of watered down horse poop... Can I water the roses with it?

 

I'm sure it wouldn't do your plants any harm. People often talk of "We'll rotted manure", this is important. I had a friend who was given some horse manure from her local stables and she applied it liberally throughout her garden. Not long after she had what was essentially a feel of oats. So best to make sure there are no 'live' oat seeds that have been passed in the manure.