I now have 5 40-pound sacks of horse manure spread between the garden beds and the compost heap. Going back for more today. At 1€ a sack, all you can fill, I can´t pass it up.
And I didn´t have to stand in line at midnght.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
My Black Friday
Normally, I resolve not to buy anything on Black Friday, but this year I found a deal I couldn´t resist.
I now have 5 40-pound sacks of horse manure spread between the garden beds and the compost heap. Going back for more today. At 1€ a sack, all you can fill, I can´t pass it up.
And I didn´t have to stand in line at midnght.
I now have 5 40-pound sacks of horse manure spread between the garden beds and the compost heap. Going back for more today. At 1€ a sack, all you can fill, I can´t pass it up.
And I didn´t have to stand in line at midnght.
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Oh was it the Marco das Pias horse place? Do they supply the bags and spades/forks or would I need to bring my own? That is cheap, I could do with a bit of it myself.
ReplyDeleteYes. I bought the bags at a local hardware store - .70 each, and used hemp for ties. They´re pretty strong, but developed holes after 2 trips, so I don´t know how long they´ll last. A pitchfork was provided, but I took my own just in case. Originally he said 2€, but then offered 1. There is a lot of bedding in there. But that´s OK because we have clay and I´m not in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteI wandered around to find someone to ask. The stalls are in the large barn on the right. The guy, Oscar maybe?, said they´d fill a wagon with their tractor, if you have one.
Thanks for the info, I will wait until Tim gets here for Xmas so he can help with the hauling.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good black Friday deal, do you not know anyone who buy sacks of feed for their animals, those sacks are very hard wearing and mostly would end up being dumped.
ReplyDeleteHi Coco,
ReplyDeleteBlack Friday isn't a thing down here - I believe that historically there was a massive (and I'm talking really big, almost a quarter of the size of the UK landmass) bush fire with that name down here, so there is the inevitable image problem of using that name with the local population! Hehe oh well...
On the other hand one can never have too much manure. Well done that is an absolute bargain.
Cheers. Chris
Hi Coco,
ReplyDeleteWith the empty sacks, I use them underneath firewood piles to slow life from in soil turning the firewood into top soil. It seems to mostly work.
Cheers. Chris
Largest animal around here is the water spaniel next door, so no feed sacks. I´ve hung on to several potting soil sacks, but still have to find use for them.
ReplyDeleteI´m horrified at the glee with which the Spanish have taken to Black Friday sales. Don´t know where the name originates, but I read that only in the States do people spend one day being entirely thankful for what they already have and the next in a consumer feeding frenzy.
We´ve got left over pallets under the wood, which are indeed slowly turning to soil.
BTW Anne, I have to thank you for finding the horsey place! I stopped by a mushroom farm outside Lugo and while they couldn´t sell me compost, they referred me to this place. They send a truck.
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