Horse manure compost bin

I didn't compost my horse manure for years because it seemed too complicated to me. I tried composting at home, read all about it, got a special composting unit sponsored by my city, a - total fail. Until my husband Ian came home from a trip to Mayne Island where he'd toured a lavender farm that also had horses. The owner composted their manure so she could add rich soil yearly to her fields. She piled up manure, put a tarp over it at the summer's end, and left it for a year. So I tested…

Composting Horse Manure - Pro Equine Grooms

Innovative things to do with your composted horse manure. Return it to the fields, share with neighbors, warm up outside pipes in the winter.

I currently muck my four stalls and the barnyard into a manure pile that gets hauled away once per year. During the summer I harrow the pasture once or twice a week instead of picking it. I recently learned about Newer S…

Easy DIY pallet compost bin for horse manure or garden scraps. Cheap and quick project! #diy

I have had horses most of my life, but it was not until I first cared for a horse on my small acreage that it dawned on me, what should I do with all the manure? I am sure you, too, if you care for

If you’re a horse owner, composting horse manure turns fresh horse manure into valuable horse manure compost. Compost fresh manure, keep the compost pile damp with clean water, and use composted manure in the garden. Avoid composting weeds to prevent spreading weed seed. #compost #horse #manure

Why Compost? Many horse owners and small livestock operations do not have access to sufficient land to make good use of manure by spreading. Composting provides another option for managing manure on the farm.

If you are building your horse property or thinking about relocating your manure storage, here are some factors that you may want to consider when figuring out how much space you will need for your manure or compost pile.

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Composting is the process of allowing organic materials to decompose in a more or less controlled setting, so that the resulting material can be used as a beneficial soil additive. For gardeners and farmers, composting is an essential...

Think horse manure is gross? Horse owners know lots can be learned from poop! Learn all about horse manure.

This Benchmark System is ideal because it allows for easy wheelbarrow dumping from above and compost removal from the front.

Have you wondered if you can build a compost bin out of pallets and it actually work to compost your manure fast? I sure have!! Compost is a valuable resource right at your finger tips but it does take a few steps before you can use it in your garden. Check out this video to see how I built a compost bin out of pallets and how I layered my manure. Will it actually work?

O2Compost Benchmark System in Anchorage, Alaska.

A blog about building and managing a small horse farm.

a concrete manure storage structure on a small horse farm