Comments on: Top Dressing Lawn – Horse Poo

By: Worm Castings

Worm Castings — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:03 +0000

Spreading worm castings or vermi-compost on the lawn is a great way to fertilize. It’s slow-release, organic, and adds tilth to the soil. And it doesn’t smell!

By: kathleen

kathleen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:05:12 +0000

I am working on my lawn, starting over. I secured a free horse manure source and happy filled my pick up truck with it today. Some of the poo is dry and some is fresh and mushy. (can’t wait for my dogs to discover horse poo – as someone has already said…..I fear they’ll eat it too)! So…I was hoping to rototil the manure into the deep dirt and then plant grass seed. Some are suggesting just putting the manure ontop of the dirt and seed. Which is best?

By: landscaper

landscaper — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:51:32 +0000

We don’t have horses around where I live, so I use pig poo. Pig poo is great for the soil, too. I’m no pro in gardening and I’m not landscaper, but I think I’ve been gardening long enough to know my plants are way healthier now in soil with pig poo compared to when they were in ordinary soil.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:44 +0000

It sounds a great idea and should in time make the lawn great but my prob is my dog (for some disgusting dog reason) seems to like the taste of horse crap, makes a bee line for it as soon as he smells it

Did using the lawnmower do the job of breaking it up properly (as well as the mulcher)

By: Toronto homes

Toronto homes — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:06:50 +0000

As I do not have any experience in growing grass and fertilizing the ground, I would follow your recommendations. I hope next summer I’ll have the lawn in front of my house covered with young green grass.

By: Steve(mower reviews)

Steve(mower reviews) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:51:42 +0000

I absolutely love this idea! Being a guy that loves my lawn I too applaud the lengths that you go to to fertilize your lawn. Don’t have access to any manure myself but if I lived in the country I would totally do this!

Keep the great ideas coming!

PS. Any updates on the success of this yet?

By: Digger

Digger — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:25:37 +0000

We spread our manure over the pastures and lawn at our place. The best reults are from spreading fresh manure and dragging to break it up. Dried manure left in little lumps just sits there until it eventually breaks down, which can take awhile. But that fresh stuff might be too smelly at first for small areas. Pilling it up and allowing it to heat up and then spreading it works good. You can add red worms after it cools down and then you'd really have something.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:41:17 +0000

Daniel – My mower has a flap at the back that you lift up to put the catcher on. It keeps most flying particulate under control. The poo is pretty dry when I mow it and I can dust off anything that might get on my clothes. The wife has not complained… YET!

I look forward to catching up on your horse poo adventures on your blogs.

Ben

By: daniel (home kitchen garden)

daniel (home kitchen garden) — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:32:20 +0000

While the "success at all costs" guy in me applauds your manure-mowing concept, the "I don't want to deal with the laundry" guy asks: Do you get a lot of horse poop in your pants cuffs when you do this, or do you mow in shorts? I'm a big fan of horse manure for all the stuff I grow. Having just secured a free source, I expect to be writing much about manure in upcoming blog posts at both Your Small Kitchen Garden and Your Home Kitchen Garden. I'll be very interested to learn how your lawn responds to the manure treatment. If all goes well this season, I hope to smother part of my lawn with manure this season, and convert it into a planting bed.