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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: derbyshirenovices on September 20, 2009, 08:50:26 pm

Title: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: derbyshirenovices on September 20, 2009, 08:50:26 pm

Even with our flock of just two (Ryelands) there's still a lot of it around.
Is it good for the veg patch?
I'm guessing so but I haven't heard of people collecting it up and using it.
Any views?

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: xnbacon on September 20, 2009, 09:12:44 pm

Check out 'sheep poo for compost' in Techniques and Skills section.

Consensus seems to be to compost it first.

Have fun picking it up!!

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: Gordon M on September 21, 2009, 12:17:03 am

You can put it in a hessian sack, tie it closed then put the sack into a drum of water, leave it there for a couple of weeks and you will be left with a really good liquid feed for your plants.

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: Rosemary on September 21, 2009, 10:19:48 am

That's a great idea. We've got plenty poo and an empty water butt!

If you don't compost it, you will likley get mega weeds. I used "raw' horse poo last year and I coudl see this year what Smokey ate last year! Rose bay willowherb was a particular favourite.

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: Padge on September 24, 2009, 09:29:28 pm

I collected sheep blob for my neighbour in a hessian sack for that very purpose......lol 

Should really try it myself at the allotment :D

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: Sylvia on October 07, 2009, 11:22:48 am

There used to be an old country saying "A sheep's fart is worth an 'osses turd" So I would say that sheep manure is well worth the effort of collecting!!

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: marigold on October 07, 2009, 11:53:10 pm

When I skirt a fleece for spinning I save the really grubby bits for planting under soft fruit bushes etc.
We planted a long trench a few years ago with lots of smelly fleece and then added a layer of soil and then the rasps. They were the best rasps for miles. I think that the wool is as good as the poo - it breaks down nice and slowly :rasp:

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: Snoopy on October 08, 2009, 09:27:19 am

Sounds good to me

Plus

You never see bad land with sheep on it - I have noticed that cattle tend to ruin land whereas
land that always has just sheep on it always looks greener and has less weeds.

Apparently sheep level land out and get rid of pot holes that cause waterlogging, and therefore rushes and weeds, because of the way that they graze. According to some local farmer.

Title: Re: does sheeps poo make good manure?
Post by: swm on October 22, 2009, 11:05:11 pm

Hi,

We have horse and consequently muck heaps to dispose of to the keen gardeners. Recently an elderly couple who were loading horse manure noticed the sheep. I was told that sheep manure was the best feed for tomatoes and the elderly gent in the party went and picked about a bucket full of fresh sheep poo. I don't know if it made his tomatoes bigger but he seemed happy when he drove away