Thanks! We watched the Back to Eden movie a couple of years ago and were sold on the method. We have a tree service company that gives us truck loads of wood chips, we were hoping to find a source for manure but fertilizer is probably the way to go.
Chemical ertilizer is a 'controled' and 'known' commodity with predictable N/P/K nutients.
Remember that "Fresh Horse" and "Fresh chicken" manure are "HOT", and exceedingly high in Nitrogen, and require some ageing or composting.
Cow manure, wether aged or already composted, is a more balanced fertilizer , and is generally cheaper.
See if there are any farms around you. Generally , diary farms have an excess of manure that be had for little or no expense.
If you can transport it yourself, invest in a good tarp, and line a pick-up truck box (no cap) with the tarp.
After transporting manure , consider the tarp expendable or for further use in transporting manure as you will never get all the 'fragerance' out of it .
The older and drier the manure (horse/chicken/cow), it will be less fragerant, and more immediately usable in the garden.
Manure provides not only fertilizer (N/P/K) into the soil , but also will provide more fiber and ability to retain moisture in the soil, while providing micro-nutrients.