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A full-service equestrian training and boarding facility serving north Santa Cruz County. Lisa Cox works alongside Good Vibrations recently at Glenwood Equestrian Center, a participant in Santa Cruz County's resource-sharing program. Within the program, which is administered by Ecology Action, residents of the county can obtain composted manure at greatly reduced costs. County program offers easy resource-sharing opportunities       Fall is with us and many gardeners are thinking about conditioning their soil over the fallow season. This season is an ideal time to think about maintaining and improving soil fertility. This couldn't be a better time to participate in the resource-sharing program coordinated by Ecology Action in Santa Cruz. In this program, composted manure - aged or fresh - can be obtained at a very low cost or free from other residents of Santa Cruz County.       Sherry Bryan, a local farmer at Del Sol Organics, participated recently in the program and picked up five yards of composted manure from Claudia Goodman, a horse owner in Ben Lomond. "It was terrific," Goodman said. "I got two nice boxes of heirloom tomatoes in exchange for the composted manure from my horses." "The manure program allowed me to have confidence that, because Claudia was feeding her horses quality food, my field is receiving quality manure," Bryan said.       All Santa Cruz County residents can get composted manure for their garden or farm for free or a small fee. This exchange will help to improve water quality in local watersheds. To connect with a manure provider in the area, contact Promax at www.ecoact.org/zero_waste/promax.html or contact Ecology Action at 426-5925.       The Management Practices for Livestock Owners in the San Lorenzo River Watershed program is run by the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District and funded by a grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board. Best site practices for manure management will be demonstrated Saturday. Visitors can tour three local demonstration sites to view these practices. For more information, contact Kirsten Liske at kliske@ecoact.org or at 426-5925 ext. 29. Register Pajoronian Staff Report, Nov. 5, 2002 Glenwood Equestrian Center 1751 Glenwood Dr. Scotts Valley, CA 95066 831.438.8432         Ecology Action        Member The Bay Area Equestrian Network                 Materials Exchange