HORSE COMPOST 

• No “fertilizer” odor ~ the scent of the forest floor after a rain.
• Compost includes horse manure, rich in nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus
• Natural time released nutrients help keep plants prosperous
• No additives, all natural ingredients, aged and composted on our horse farm.
• From horses which were never fed steroids or chemicals
• There are no know diseases transmitted between horses and humans, so compost is disease free.
• This is a Virginia product....Horses are fed Virginia grown grass hay and bedded on Virginia processed pine and poplar sawdust
• No foreign substances.
• Use for planting seedlings; as potting media; to enrich soil. Helps sandy soil retain water, and helps clay soil absorb water. Use for indoor “farming” or outdoors. Use as a cover to keep plants warm in the winter. Will not burn even delicate plants.

Hidden Creek is a family run farm where much care is taken with our horses and farm management. All of our horses are bedded in stalls, on mats with sawdust milled right here in Ruckersville.

When the stalls are cleaned, the mixture of horse manure, sawdust and a small amount of grass is moved to the compost pile, where it is stored and turned until it reaches the proper temperature, then aged until it is ready for use.

Our compost is 100 % organic, nothing artificial has been added. Unlike cattle and chicken, our horses are not on regular antibiotics, steroids, growth hormones, or any other artificial products.

We also offer a special mixture to keep plants hydrated. Polymer gels developed for agricultural act as tiny crystals that swell with water when it is plentiful, helping to protect plants from flooding and experiencing shock from rapid soil run off. The crystals then hold the excess water, gradually releasing it to the plants over a long period of time, maintaining a level of moisture in the soil. For many years these polymer crystals have been used to make crops more drought resistant.