Re: Manure, compost. Whats the difference?

"Ed" <ex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hey expert gardeners!!
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> I just taken on new allotment which, as expected, is pretty overgrown
with 
> bindweed n couch grass n stuff I don't recognise.
>
> So, I started double digging the whole plot to remove as much as
possible 
> of all of these deep rooted perennial nasties.. It will take me until
end 
> of August to complete this.
>
> Some people say I should then cover the dug ground with rotted manure
and 
> leave it over winter.   Others say I should cover it with compost. But I

> don't know the difference between rotted manure and compost?
>
> Are they the same thing?
>
> Ed
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>

Hi Ed

Manure is 'Oats which have been through the Horse' and Stable Straw and
left 
to rot, compost is the stuff from the garden which has rotted in a heap or

compost bin :-))

Mike
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