He had to go to a home improvement store and fill the truck with fertilizer. Usually, though, it's not that tough. This spring, in the District of Columbia for protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Gifford says the manure was obtained from the D.C. Police Department horse stables. Southern California has a great many stables that are almost always willing to give away manure to anybody who wants it. Otherwise, they have to pay to have it shipped off.
Manure is everywhere.
They're giving it away. It stinks really awful. Makes you almost pass out. If you're professional about this sort of thing, not some reckless amateur, then you'll probably want to get the manure the day before, so you don't run into any last-minute problems. Diener did this at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia last month.