Plan for this winter?

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by 1dahlia4me

Jerry, thanks. The manure is mixed with the shavings, but I'll try to pick up as little of the shavings as possible. (I get to pick it up myself. )

Question about testing the manure on some plants. I have a tomato plant in a pot that I can test it on, but the manure is not composted, so it will burn the plant anyway, right? How will I know if it has the problem stuff in it? I don't really want to have to pile it up till spring before knowing if it's ok to use.

I mix a lot of horse manure/shavings mix int my gardens. Let it age for 6 months to a year in a big pile and that stuff will be awesome. I've had some outstanding raised beds, tree beds, peach trees, etc where I've used it. Right now, I have a 5'10 inch jalapeño that I'm trying to figure out how to support better. It's on top of caliche, in a bed made mainly of horse manure and wood shavings. It's loaded with peppers and only gets about three hours of sunlight a day.