Things to Do Columnists Showdown: Horse vs. cow manure in the garden Cow manure is recommended for your garden, but you can also use horse manure if it has been composted. Credit: Randee Daddona ...

In fact, horse bedding is highly variable, which has a big impact on how well it works in your garden. It’s all about the proportions of shavings to manure in the load.

Luckily, there's Craigslist, which has all manner of free manure postings. The best manures to use in the garden are rabbit, goat, horse, dairy cow and sheep.

Living The magic of manure in the garden (Garden Talk) Published: Nov. 18, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

When using rabbit manure as a fertilizer, it’s important to do so responsibly. Applying it to the garden soil can enrich the nutrient content and contribute to healthier plant growth.

Apply about a 2-inch layer of manure over the bed and blend it into the upper 8 inches. It's best to compost horse manure for a few months prior to using it.

Hot manure, such as horse manure, should age 6 months to a year before you use it in your vegetable garden. Create a lasagna compost with the manure, compost bin compost and straw.

Q: For years I’ve used manure from my horse to fertilize a big garden with ornamentals and vegetables. I was recently told that horse manure can contain herbicide residue not filtered out during ...

Manure consists of fecal material and urine, and it is a complex mix of nitrogen and protein compounds, minerals, bile products, undigested feed stuff, starch, dietary fiber and a microbial mass.

Often when I write about using manure in the garden, I get a lot of questions. Most often, readers want to know why I don't use horse manure. In my opinion, horse manure is not suitable for mulch.