Comments on: Horse Manure black gold goes green http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/ Helping horse business owners Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Manure Management and Composting Programs :ALove4Horses.com http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Manure Management and Composting Programs :ALove4Horses.com Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:01:33 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-1446 [...] may want to read Josh Nelson’s article, “Horse Manure black gold goes green” to learn why you should be composting your horse [...] [...] may want to read Josh Nelson’s article, “Horse Manure black gold goes green” to learn why you should be composting your horse [...]

]]> By: Joni Solis http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Joni Solis Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:13:26 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-573 EZ STACKTM Composting Systems; great for horse owners wanting to turn horse manure to black gold for gardens and pastures. http://washwand.com/ EZ STACKTM Composting Systems; great for horse owners wanting to turn horse manure to black gold for gardens and pastures.

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]]> By: Joni Solis http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Joni Solis Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:40:26 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-551 Here is a good article to read to learn more about the importance of compost for the earth and life on it... Finding the Powerful Forces of Nature in the Compost Pile Thursday, January 01, 2009 by: Dr. Phil Domenico, citizen journalist http://www.naturalnews.com/025206.html Most horse people want their horses to be healthy and many of them buy supplements for their horses. If you have a pasture good compost is one of the best soil supplements and it will give back to your horse with grazing grass that is higher in minerals. Healthier soil equals a healthier horse! Learn to compost and add to your horses' health. Here is a good article to read to learn more about the importance of compost for the earth and life on it…

Finding the Powerful Forces of Nature in the Compost Pile
Thursday, January 01, 2009
by: Dr. Phil Domenico, citizen journalist
http://www.naturalnews.com/025206.html

Most horse people want their horses to be healthy and many of them buy supplements for their horses. If you have a pasture good compost is one of the best soil supplements and it will give back to your horse with grazing grass that is higher in minerals.

Healthier soil equals a healthier horse! Learn to compost and add to your horses’ health.

]]> By: Thomas Lawler http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Thomas Lawler Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:06:41 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-397 Thanks for the tip on selling composted horse manure. While we use most of it, each horse does produce about 8-9 tons a year, so....we have some excess! This is our first year having a garden; we used to be in suburbia, but now have a 20 acre farm (where we plan to live in until we die). My wife is the "horse expert"; I am the gardener (no expertise; just learning this year!), and the "manure manager" (not the best title on a resume, but I am reitred, so.. that's ok!) Anyone who has horses and land should take the time to build composting bins for the manure. It doesn't take that much work (I did it, and I'm not at all handy); it is so much better for the environment; it produces an incredible fertilizer; and again, well jeepers, it's just the right thing to do. And in today's world where prices of everything seem to be skyrocketing, having a garden using that manure seems to be just, well, a good thing! And if you produce more than you can eat, there are plenty of folks around who would be more than happy to have fresh produce (with no chemicals or other "icky" stuff) to eat. In fact, yesterday I took around tomatoes to my neighbors who don't grow them. Thanks for the tip on selling composted horse manure. While we use most of it, each horse does produce about 8-9 tons a year, so….we have some excess!

This is our first year having a garden; we used to be in suburbia, but now have a 20 acre farm (where we plan to live in until we die). My wife is the “horse expert”; I am the gardener (no expertise; just learning this year!), and the “manure manager” (not the best title on a resume, but I am reitred, so.. that’s ok!)

Anyone who has horses and land should take the time to build composting bins for the manure. It doesn’t take that much work (I did it, and I’m not at all handy); it is so much better for the environment; it produces an incredible fertilizer; and again, well jeepers, it’s just the right thing to do. And in today’s world where prices of everything seem to be skyrocketing, having a garden using that manure seems to be just, well, a good thing!

And if you produce more than you can eat, there are plenty of folks around who would be more than happy to have fresh produce (with no chemicals or other “icky” stuff) to eat. In fact, yesterday I took around tomatoes to my neighbors who don’t grow them.

]]> By: Joni Solis http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Joni Solis Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:49:27 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-395 Dear Thomas, I love horse manure so much because all my plants do so well on it. Just reading your comment gets me excited because I really want more people to discover this black gold that others consider a waste product. You can sell the composted horse manure to gardeners. I buy it and I have two ponies of my own, but need more than they can give me for my gardens. If you lived close I would be contacting you about buying some of yours. Did you know that you and your family are getting more nutrients now than if you just ate vegetables bought from the store? You can pick and eat them fresh and they are much higher in nutrients than vegetables grown on soil lacking minerals and with chemical fertilizers. I am enjoying the fact that I too have extra tomatoes that I can give my sisters and brothers that don't have a garden. Keep spreading the good news about the wonders of horse manure! Dear Thomas,

I love horse manure so much because all my plants do so well on it. Just reading your comment gets me excited because I really want more people to discover this black gold that others consider a waste product.

You can sell the composted horse manure to gardeners. I buy it and I have two ponies of my own, but need more than they can give me for my gardens. If you lived close I would be contacting you about buying some of yours.

Did you know that you and your family are getting more nutrients now than if you just ate vegetables bought from the store? You can pick and eat them fresh and they are much higher in nutrients than vegetables grown on soil lacking minerals and with chemical fertilizers.

I am enjoying the fact that I too have extra tomatoes that I can give my sisters and brothers that don’t have a garden.

Keep spreading the good news about the wonders of horse manure!

]]> By: Thomas Lawler http://alove4horses.com/horse-manure-black-gold-goes-green/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Thomas Lawler Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:19:49 +0000 http://aLove4Horses.com/?p=161#comment-394 We have three horses, and we built three composting bins. The manure pile heats up tremendously for the first two months, and by month three, the first compost pile is less than half its original size, and we use a manure spreader to spread it out in our 10 acre open field. We also used the composted horse manure in our garden, and boy, did it do well! In the spring we had excellent spinach, lettuce, broccoli, radishes; now in the summer the tomatoes are producing way faster than we can eat them, and we are giving them away; same thing for the zucchini; the sweet corn stalks are over 6 ft tall and just about ready to harvest; and the mammoth sunfllowers are on average about 11 ft high and just starting to flower. Oh, and the sugar baby watermelons are doing well, though we've been having problems telling when they are ripe for picking. This is the first year we had a garden; we read all the stuff on composting horse manure last year; and it is clearly the way to go. I actually think we could sell the composted horse manure to gardeners! If you have horses, build some compost bins; it's not hard (I'm about the most "unhandy" person I know. It's good for the environment; it's good if you have a garden and/or fields that might need fertilizer; and, jeepers, it's just good! We have three horses, and we built three composting bins. The manure pile heats up tremendously for the first two months, and by month three, the first compost pile is less than half its original size, and we use a manure spreader to spread it out in our 10 acre open field. We also used the composted horse manure in our garden, and boy, did it do well! In the spring we had excellent spinach, lettuce, broccoli, radishes; now in the summer the tomatoes are producing way faster than we can eat them, and we are giving them away; same thing for the zucchini; the sweet corn stalks are over 6 ft tall and just about ready to harvest; and the mammoth sunfllowers are on average about 11 ft high and just starting to flower. Oh, and the sugar baby watermelons are doing well, though we’ve been having problems telling when they are ripe for picking.

This is the first year we had a garden; we read all the stuff on composting horse manure last year; and it is clearly the way to go. I actually think we could sell the composted horse manure to gardeners!

If you have horses, build some compost bins; it’s not hard (I’m about the most “unhandy” person I know. It’s good for the environment; it’s good if you have a garden and/or fields that might need fertilizer; and, jeepers, it’s just good!

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