[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[madjoaz at cox.net]

Joaquin Neves
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madjoaz at cox.net

I live in Phoenix at South Mountain Village and own two horses. They produce a substantial amount of manure which I have been stockpiling and then removing to a landfill. I want to do something more eco-friendly with this manure and was recently advised that horse manure is a good organic fertilizer. I have resaerched this matter and have come to realize that it is as i was told. Some of the sources I found reccommend composting first and others state it can be used in as is state in certain circumstances. 

My problem is I don't have a resource locally that I can turn the manure over to
either free or at a minimal charge depending on the method of turn over.

Please advise if you can.

Thank you for your consideration.

Joaquin Neves