What everyone failed to mention to you in regards to horse manure : >
>If the horse's have recently been wormed, the manure will also kill any
>worms you have in the garden if applied directly. Check with your >neighbour
>when they wormed their horses last. If recently, use the manure, but only >in
>a heated compost pile, not directly onto the garden.
As always, mileage varies. The horse manure I got for several years came complete with thousands of earthworms. Aged is the key, don't you think?
Glenna