I inquired about a “free load of horse manure for garden “. Was in the neighboring town. I asked the person giving it away if it was safe and she said absolutely. Then I asked her where she got her hay. Then I asked her to ask the person who supplied her if it had herbicides in it. In the next day or so she told me” he puts some on but very little. It won’t hurt your garden”. I did not get that load of manure but from it I learned that when I get manure I start with small amounts and take it to a safe place in the yard and let it sit before slowly introducing any plants to it. That way it’s not going to kill everything I worked for.

My tomatoes are slowly recovering from herbicide damage from hay... there is hope no matter what😢 Also my squash seedlings are doing well in the same spot.

thank you great video

I couldn't get a definitive answer on herbicides when I bought some straw bales for mulch, so I planted some beans in a pot and put the straw on top. Then I watered through the straw until they sprouted. No distorted leaves so the straw was OK. It's worth taking that extra time to test!

Eliot Coleman says in his book "The New Organic Grower" that his goal was to be a "self-fed" farm. This means no outside inputs. This became my goal. I can tell you that it is possible even if you have a small acreage. We only have rabbits right now, a huge compost pile and leaves from trees which feeds our 1 acre garden. Corporations have not necessarily made things better unfortunately. Love the metal raised bed.

Grazon sounds demonic to me. I pray for your garden and health!

Found you again,❤❤❤❤

Start a Worm farm

I inquired about a “free load of horse manure for garden “. Was in the neighboring town. I asked the person giving it away if it was safe and she said absolutely. Then I asked her where she got her hay. Then I asked her to ask the person who supplied her if it had herbicides in it. In the next day or so she told me” he puts some on but very little. It won’t hurt your garden”. I did not get that load of manure but from it I learned that when I get manure I start with small amounts and take it to a safe place in the yard and let it sit before slowly introducing any plants to it. That way it’s not going to kill everything I worked for.