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Re: [RC] Small acreage... manure management? - Sharon LevasseurWill this work on LAWN and not field? (How ugly is it, and how many clumps does it leave that the lawnmower might have trouble with?) Why won't it attract flies... because it's not piled up, so it dries out? Thanks, -Sharon Quoting steelsidedown <Steelsidedown@xxxxxxx>: I have one of those small spreaders that pulls behind my lawn mower (made by Mill Creek). I load it up with grain/hay, drive out to the barn, then clean my stalls into the spreader and spread in the field on my way back to the house. No pile, no coping with the disposal of pile, reseeding my field daily (hay seeds and sometimes corn recylced in manure), no flies incubating. I also have a drag to go over fields and knock piles down. Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: [RC] Small acreage... manure management?We have 7 acres, of which we would like to fence off about 1 acre in the woods and 1 acre on the lawn. For now anyway, there will only be one horse, and that one will be there only 3 seasons AT MOST. Our house is a modern and "dressy" style, our driveway is paved, and in various other ways we are NOT set up like a mini farm. I cannot figure out what we're going to do with the manure! There isn't anywhere I can think of where a manure pile would be hidden from view and yet accessible by any sort of vehicle that would be able to haul manure away. I know it'll probably only be one horse (at least for now) but we all know IT ADDS UP!! I can't even think of a good place for a dumpster... not that I really want to pay for one! And yes, I did think of composting, but we haven't got any sort of heavy equipment to use for turning it over and I just can't see us in there with shovels. Thoughts, comments, ideas? Anyone in a similar situation who has come up with a creative solution? Thanks, -Sharon L. in Maine =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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