About Vikki Johnson Expertise I am a master gardener and I have extensively studied and have implemented myself an organic lawn and large bedding areas around my home. I can answer all questions concerning organic gardening and will research and offer differing opinions if they exist.
Experience Reading and studying over the last 10 years and implementing an all-organic lawn in my own home.
Organizations American Rose Society
Houston Rose Society
American Horticulure
Question If I get old manure from the farmer next store (cow)
and want to use it on flower beds, how do I tell if it is old enough to not burn anything? it looks old and decayed but.............................
Answer I am not sure how you could tell if it is "old" enough. The thing that you need to do is compost the manure. I am attaching a website that goes through these instructions very clearly. Depending how much you have -- meaning if there is not just tons of it -- you can choose to ignore the part about building a bin, etc., and skip to the last part of the article about the tarp and turning the pile, etc. Let me know how it turns out so that I may do this myself one day! Good luck.
Also, be sure to not put any of this compost on vegetables, etc., that you may be eating unless you are 100 percent it is composted completely. As an amateur "composter," I would put this on other vegetation and use either store bought compost for my food crops or traditional compost that does not have any fecal matter.
Take care,
Vikki
