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fresh manure in desert gardening?

Hi Folks--

Got this post on the Bulletin board of my Vegetable Gardens web site. I
have no experience in high desert gardening so I'm wondering if there's any
one with comparable experience or with good advice:

>I'm in SE.Az at the 4000ft elevation and its still winter in this
>     part of the state. I usually plant in mid April. A couple of years
>     ago I tilled about a foot thick layer of dried up "horse" manure
>     into my garden and it was great but I found (alot) weeds in
>     my garden that I never saw before. Last year I put no Manure
>     at all in and my garden was pretty sad. The soil in my yard is
>     of poor quality. Maybe I should put a thin layer of manure so
>     it won't burn? 

He wanted to add about 12" of fresh steer manure to his veg garden this
year and I thought that might be too hot too soon....  I'd let it age a
year and find other ways to increase soil fertility.  What do you think?

(If you'd like you can post directly on the Bulletin Board, at
http://vegetablegarden.miningco.com/mpboards.htm)

TIA,
Havi



Havi Hoffman
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