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I made a heap early last August using alternating layers of 1. old woodchip (see photo in earlier post); 2. greens from allotment waste, green veg waste from home and green manure – mainly comfrey and phacelia, collected in a heap between February and July; 3. FYM delivered in November and stacked until August.
Proportions were roughly 1/3 of each and it was the best compost, spread in November, that I have ever made – I now have 6 foot broad beans as evidence – plants rather than individual beans!
I have found that stacking FYM in a heap 1 metre cubed for a year or so makes a massive difference to its use as a mulch; turning it would make it even better and I guess the same applies to horse manure.