Big Manure ~ Hmmm...Little Acre

[painteddaisy]

Help I'm drowning!

Now that I have 2 goats and an abundance of chickens, I have all of a sudden taken on the task of being "The Great Manure Handler"! Problem is, 1 acre is rather small sometimes, I don't know where to put all the stuff!!!

I'm going to plant cucumbers in a couple of piles along side the garden but what to do with the rest?

Is there some product I can srinkle in it to make it rot faster? Lime or something? It's more hay and straw than actual manure. It's not going to take too long before before it takes over ....help.......help................

[auntieemu]

I wouldn't know what to tell you other than keep it moist and aeriate it every few days. The holes in the straw will help with the oxegyn. What about selling it?

Manure
BYOB
$1 a pound or something like that

[Kathy]

Manure-fresh from the farm to you! ;D

At one time I bought some and this is what was charged:

$3 for a 5 gal bucket- bring your own container/bags
$15 pick up truck load-you haul

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You could always do a deep mulch garden.

[painteddaisy]

Thanks for the ideas guys! Although I don't think I could possibly sell it, there are lots of bigger farms around who can't give their manure away! Horse people BEG to have you come and haul their stuff away!

I'm just going to have to get creative.....I'm thinking hi-rise composting............. Hmmmmmm

[bbird]

You are right, in the country you can't give it away BUT my dh takes bags of it to his work in the city and people gobble it up.

I notice people around here set their pile on fire and burn it. I've never done that before and don't know the effects of it burning...but maybe someone else does.