My Husband & I Are At Odds About Commercial Manure On Our New Above Ground Veggie Garden. I See Clumps Of Cow Poop (although It Ha

d to be a bull cause it’s huge!), still green inside. I don’t think it was fully composted. Can we still plant our veggies? What if I create a thick layer of mulch above to prevent contamination? I thought newspaper topped with grass clippings. We have a 4×8 plot, and plan on planting green beans & cucumbers vertically on each end, corn down the middle, 2 eggplants, yellow squash, & sweet peppers. Rest of the space will have herbs here & there. Please help me because he’s a farmer’s son and insisted that fresh cow poop won’t hurt anyone.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 05/20/2021 @ 7:44 pm

It can contain harmful bacteria. Here are the ins and outs of fresh manure as fertilizer:

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