If you're looking for manure or want to get rid of some. You can list it on the site. They do have states listed other than Illinois (although honestly I didn't look to see if any other states had some available).
Mom & I were just talking about getting some manure for our gardens. voila! Here it is!
quote:
Illinois Manure Share is a free program that benefits livestock owners, gardeners, landscapers and the environment! It is a manure exchange program that brings gardeners and landscapers searching for organic materials for use in composting or field applications in contact with livestock owners who have excess manure.
The program's goal is to remove the manure from farms that do not have the acreage to adequately utilize its nutrients on their fields or pastures. This benefits water quality by removing excess nutrients from farms and by lowering the amount of commercial fertilizer used by gardeners and others.
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 07:28:17 AM
That is so cool, Deb! I hadn't thought to look online for something like that. I just called around to local horse stables and asked if I could haul away some of their muck heap. They were all okay with it.
Oh Alee! Be CAREFUL with that horse DOODY!! I spent THREE YEARS getting my flower beds weed free and they were doing so well, but, stupid ME put HORSE poop on them and I've been fighting WEEDS ever since!!! It's full of weed seed. The key is to make sure it's WELL COMPOSTED.
The best natural fertilizer is bunny poo. I started throwing the litter from my rabbits cage in my flower beds and I could grow ANYTHING in them. He's been gone almost a year now and my flower beds are sure missing his "offerings." But, I've got LOTS of other kinds of poo... chicken poo.... horse poo.... cow poo... sheep poo... goat poo.... duck and goose poo..... sigh.... I'm Eyeball DEEP in critter POO!! Sure wish I could ship it through the US mail. I'd be soooo happy to SHARE!!! (LOL!!) hugs~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin
Manure Share
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 04:36:36 AM
