The Lamb Pen
General Category => All Sheep and Lamb Discussion => : Honey Tree October 09, 2017, 10:38:00 PM
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Manure. I've spread it with a shovel for years (no manure spreader, no tractor). I really need to do deep cleaning and get down to real dirt. There is no way my pasture can handle the quantity that I want to move. Any thoughts about what to do with all of it?
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Try selling it for garden fertilizer.
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Local gardeners are always begging for my manure. But I am a hog. I use it all on my pastures. List on your local FB page or Craigslist. Except then you have to be prepared to for potential weirdos coming onto your property.
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I have a lot of things that I really need to sell but I do worry about the weirdos. Small items I can sell on ebay but the big things like the horse hot walker just won't fit into a box.
I was told that there is a local business that will pick up manure to compost. No compensation. The biggest problem is that it has to be piled. Again, a lack of a tractor makes this difficult. I figured it wasn't getting any better in my sheep pens so I started shoveling yesterday. My pile won't be very high but it will be very wide.
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Best thing we ever did was buy a tractor yesterday. Made it SOOOO much easier to stay on top of keeping the pens cleaner. Now we pile it up, compost it, and then spread on pasture.