manured
Spread with dung
Manured means treated with manure—animal dung used as fertilizer.
Farmers and gardeners manure fields and beds to enrich the soil with nutrients: The fields were well manured before planting.
The word appears most often in agricultural contexts, describing land that has received this treatment.
To distribute widely
- appliedPut into practice
- tilledPrepared soil for crops
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
- topdressedApplied surface nutrients
broadcast · rotted · aged · composted · cured · mixed · layered · mulched
Made more valuable
friable · improved · conditioned · aerated · workable · productive · healthy · crumbly
Dried cattle droppings
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- organic matterMaterial from living sources
microbes · beneficial bacteria · trace minerals · earthworms · decomposition · soil fertility · bioavailability · slow-release
Expanses for cultivation
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
- orchardsFruit tree plantations
vineyards · allotments · farmland · tillage · cultivation · rotation · organic farming · sustainable
spread
To distribute widely
- appliedPut into practice
- tilledPrepared soil for crops
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
topdressed · broadcast · rotted · aged · composted · cured · mixed · layered · mulched · covered
enriched
Made more valuable
dark · friable · improved · conditioned · aerated · workable · productive · healthy · crumbly · nourished
cowpat
Dried cattle droppings
nitrogen
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- potassiumNineteenth element, symbol K
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
organic matter · microbes · beneficial bacteria · trace minerals · earthworms · decomposition · soil fertility · bioavailability · slow-release · NPK
fields
Expanses for cultivation
orchards · vineyards · allotments · farmland · tillage · cultivation · rotation · organic farming · sustainable · traditional
manuredunfertilized
Not joined by sperm
exhausted · depleted · untreated · impoverished · unamended
- horse manureEquine excrement
- cow manureCattle waste product
- manure pileAccumulated livestock excrement
- chicken manureFowl excrement used as fertilizer
- manure spreaderEquipment distributing animal waste
- pig manureSwine fecal matter