Excavated dirt removal...

[sissy]

cow manure is better 2 stomachs digest most of the seeds that grow weeds .

 

[Nyboy]

Good tip on cows.

 

[sissy]

HMMM I never tipped a cow

 

[qclabrat]

A berm around the pond to keep the edge higher than ground level

this what I did with my excess dirt and rock. Bermed sections of the yard to encourage run-off

 

[Nyboy]

I thought cow tipping was a teenage sport for kids in rural areas. I guess only in the movies.

 

[sissy]

Never saw it happen in PA and my Uncle Ivan had a 500 to 600 cows at a time .

 

[Lisak1]

We use lots of horse manure in our gardens - we get it from a horse barn near us for free. If the manure is properly aged (composted) there won't be any weed seeds left. My neighbor and I split a load one spring. We had it dumped on her black top driveway. The pile got so hot before we got it all moved that it melted the asphalt six inches deep. No weed seed it going to survive that kind of heat. You can buy horse manure bagged as well - they sell it as mushroom compost. I was at Home Depot one day when a lady was asking the teenaged worker what kind of mushrooms they use to make the mushroom compost - you should have seen her face when I answered the question. They were flipping the bag over and over looking for "ingredients".