soil advice

[MrsG]

Hi,

We have just removed a large section of decking so we can plant a nice garden but on removal of decking we have found lots of building rubble which we have removed (mostly) the soil looks devoid of life and I would like to know if it would be beneficial to put some organic matter into it to give my new plants a good start and if so what would be best (we do live near a diary farm and I believe they do keep horses!).
Any advice would be great.
Thanks

 

[Thermo]

plenty of organic matter mixed in. it wont be devoid of life, but it will certainly improve it.

 

[Trazor]

Horse manure is fine, but it needs to be composted for at least 6 months, or you will end up with a very weedy garden.

Use liquid feed until your compost is ready.

Cow manure is also fine........

 

[breezer]

i always thought cow manure was sort of round and flat, not fine