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Mudraker

May 8, 2008

Michael O'Leary (click to enlarge)

Regular applications of horse manure mixed with shavings from horse stalls.

A tip for improving poor soil

Posted at 9:27 am by Debra Smith

Betty Dorotik had little more than blackberries and poor soil to work with when she moved to her retirement home on Camano Island 15 years ago. Today her garden is paradise. Betty built up the soil by amending with a mixture of manure and wood shavings she obtained free from an equestrian center in Stanwood.

She sends the mister with the truck down to the center once or twice a year, spreading about 6 cubic yards annually on her beds. The horse farms are usually more than happy to get rid of the waste for free.

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