RE: Cow Manure
Unfortunate but true. Bagged Manures also vary by region. The Canadian
bagged manure we see offered for sale in the Northeast is often cut with
Peat. Not that this is bad. But it is deceptive advertising at best &
might be construed as fraud by some. Good straight manure can be found
in bags & is usually sold as "Dehydrated". But as we see here, good
sleuthing is the only way to be sure.
Steve
For the last two years I have been adding cow manure to my pumpkin patch
that
I purchased from Lowe's. It comes in 40 pound bags for $1.99 a bag and
is
labelled "Cow Manure." It is manufactured by a company in Archbold,
Ohio,
Gardenscape, and is widely used. I was talking to the owner of a local
feed store
about what he had for sale in the way of cow manure. He had some
dehydrated
manure from Texas that sold for around $4 a bag. I asked him why his was
so much
more expensive than that at Lowe's. He said it was because what Lowe's
was
selling is not cow manure but compost with some cow manure added. I had
been
putting 20 bags of this stuff on my garden each fall (800 pounds dry)
and feeling
good about it. The bag says "Cow Manure." Anyway, I called the company
in
Archbold, Ohio and asked about the content of the bag labeled "Cow
Manure." It turns
out it is 15 to 20% cow manure and the rest is composted straw and
leaves.
Yesterday I forked 5 tons of smelly, mushy, incredibly hard to deal
with, fresh,
just out of the cow, manure on my 2000 square foot patch and I feel good
about it. All that glitters is not gold and all that is labelled cow
manure is not
just cow manure. Beware.
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