Re: Cow Manure
Message text written by INTERNET:pumpkins@hort.net
> actualy it is manufactured by cows and packaged by Gardenscape..the cow
have not yet been able to master the packaging machines
Very interesting. We too have been buying the composted manure.
Personally,
I thought it meant it was aged. We didn't want to take a chance of the
other
bags of cow manure not having time to break down completely so hence
the decision of buying the composted. Thank you for posting ...... Now we
know better.
Sincerely,
Karri
In a message dated 10/19/2004 6:41:41 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Lubadub@aol.com writes:
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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