I also recently moved to the area and we have 10 acres that have been sprayed with a persistent herbicide. In my quest to improve the soil, I purchased 12 yards of MooPoo compost and am not happy with it at all. First of all, the truck was not full. Then he dumped the "compost" and it is obvious that it is not "alive" and aged material. We have found out from a neighbor of MooPoo that, for some reason, they heat the manure to high temps before mixing into the "compost". Now we have a pile of sterile manure and sawdust from the cattle bedding sitting in our garden area. I would like to inoculate it with something to bring some life back. Would the mushrooms we see growing around help?
I am conducting a bioassay of the soil in different areas and it doesn't look good. The land was sprayed in 2012, but the bean seeds I planted have had poor germination and the ones that did come up have leaf curl and stunted growth. MooPoo assured me that they do not use herbicides. Nevertheless, I am conducting a test using half of the compost with good topsoil in which I have planted bean seeds. I will post when I have results.
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