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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

There's a system of using fresh manure to heat the soil to plant things 
earlier, especially melons. I haven't tried it myself.

Melissa

>Is it a problem to till in relatively fresh ( 3 months) horse manure in the 
>spring?  I always do it in the fall, but Ihave some available this spring 
>and would like to make use of it.  Jerry in southern Indiana