looking for free compost in north Baltimore or Baltimore county

shadberry

17 years ago

Anyone know if there is free compost available and where? Thanks.

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oscarthecat
17 years ago
I do not know where you would get free compost but you can get free mulch at the Allender Rd landfill. They have ground this material up so fine if you put it in a pile for a year it will pretty well be compost by next season. You have to load it yourself unless you can get the operator there to load it for you.Steve in Baltimore County
beagler1776
17 years ago
I'm too far (Carroll/Frederick county line), but I'd bet if you contact other horse stables they'd be happy to get rid of old horse manure. It might not be fully aged tho, so look around or be prepared to wait or amend it w/some lime... You can use the yellow pages under horseback riding stables, or try this link

Here is a link that might be useful: horse stables listed by county in MD
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Ok, got a hold of someone at the main Hillsborough County office, who patched me over to someone at the extension service that knew what I was talking about. She wasn't sure, so gave me directions to the Falkenburg Rd site. Talked to a guy out there, and he said that they're selling the stuff for $15 per front-end loader bucket, about 5 cubic yards. He says that their biggest customer is a major nationwide lawn supply company that ages the stuff more, bags it and sells it as potting soil! He said they used to age it for 5 to 7 weeks, but that they can't keep up with demand so they are shipping it early to the lawn products company (I won't mention their name in case I mis-heard him.) When it comes out of the machine as fines, it's piled into long piles, and soaked down daily for about a week, then turned and allowed to cook some more. They usually turn it again after two weeks, but the company is buying it after the first two weeks of "cooking." Now I need to find a big pickup truck and trailer to borrow, and get me a couple of loads! I figure I can load the raised beds up, keep it damp and cover with black plastic sheets to kill any weeds, and be ready for large-scale planting in July or August.
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shady_lady
17 years ago
There is a place on Marriottsville Rd in Baltimore Co. which usually has a sign out for free horse poo. I don't know how well aged it is. I think it's called Lady of the Fields. I'll be driving past there this weekend and will let you know for sure.
shady_lady
17 years ago
I don't know if it's an optionfor you, and it's been years since I've had a garden big enough to do it, but if the circus comes to town in your area we used to get elephant manure for our compost piles :)

Ringling Bros was only too happy to share. The circus was still playing at the DC Armory back then. I'm not sure where they are now. They usually play Washington DC in March.
crabjoe
17 years ago
I got some compost today for $7/yard over in Havre De Grace. It's from the city and it looked good to me. It does have some chunks of wood but over all it looks, feels and smells like really black dirt.

I'm going again on Friday to get a couple more yards of it.
dgs9r
17 years ago
You can get it from the recycling center off of northern parkway in baltimore city. You have to call the city first and ok it with them because not many people get it this way. They have mulch too there. Not great looking stuff, but it's free.
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