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That is great to hear @ellegee – I think I’m just so used to using the straw mulch and seeing the lovely water retaining properties (huuuuge difference in the hot dry to the moisture of the areas with straw mulch and those that I haven’t done) I’m nervous about changing as it is all I’ve ever known! I’m over between Perigueux and Bergerac. I have spread out the manure compost on a couple of beds already but I’m a bit worried now as it has gone from being gorgeous and dark and lovely looking (and very wet LOL!) to drying out in the lumps really really hard 🙁 with the warm weather and sun the last couple of days. I’m hoping that the back to rain situation we have this week will help it soften and break down smaller. There is no way I can plant into it how it is 🙁 I did break it up quite a lot already too. I’m at a bit of a loss as I can’t afford to buy in bagged earth to do my whole garden and I don’t have a lot of compost (and none ready). I’m at a bit of a loss and really should be getting plants in the ground.