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Storing manure?
shannie wrote:
A local farmer offered to drop me up a *little* cow manure last week. Came home today and found an ENORMOUS heap of it in my lower field. My other half reckons there's 3tonne of it! I have some questions that my seem daft but I wasn't expecting quite so much and I can't seem to find the answers elsewhere. You lucky sod.. as long as he feeds his cows on ggood stuff that is.. 1. I have two composters built with pallets, one in use and one waiting empty for turning etc. Can I fill the empty one with manure and nothing else or will I have to mix something with it , do I need to cover it or just leave it open? Yes but you'd be better to mix it with something else.. Wood chip (not shavings) or even very strawy horse manure or shredded garden waste would even it out ( and turn the 'other' material into compost) 2. If I can do this, how long before it becomes usable? If you turn it.. coupla months tops.. If not, mebbe a year.. 3. What am I going to do with the rest of it?? can I leave it where it is, open to the elements and if so will it rot down and will it stay 'usable' for a long time? Tarp it.. if you can.. to prevent excess runoff... It'll be usable but weeds and grass will gradually sow themselves during the year across the top of it.. // Jim |
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