Sheep urine?

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tombaak High Desert, NV(Zone 5a) Feb 08, 2006

There is a sheep ranch next to me. They have huge piles of very aged sheep manure. Because this manure was scraped out of the pens the sheep sleep in at night i am sure there is a high urine content. I wonder about the effect on ph. I do have very alkaline desert soil, so perhaps it would even things out nicely? Perhaps because i could get really aged manure (2 or more years) the urine wouldn't be such an issue?

I am hoping someone here can help me out.

Thanks,
Melissa

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Feb 08, 2006

piles of aged sheep manure, should be perfect, the raw urine should be broken down long ago.

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tombaak High Desert, NV(Zone 5a) Feb 08, 2006

Thank you!

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Breezymeadow Culpeper, VA(Zone 7a) Feb 08, 2006

As someone who exclusively uses horse manure in the garden, I agree about the urine issue. It breaks down & the ammonia evaporates rather quickly in the grand scheme of things.

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Feb 13, 2006

Hey Tombak
check out the soil and compost forum, Jamesco is great at answering questinons on The secret is in the dung, thread, i personally use llama, but we have easy acces to it not many people do LOL
best wishes
sue

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tombaak High Desert, NV(Zone 5a) Feb 13, 2006

Didn't even know there was a soil and compost forum... Learn somethin' new every day.

Note to self... already learned something new today avoid all contact with information for rest of day.

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