Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
- Posted by Alayne Blickle
A Useful Manure Management Option
Looking for a suitable manure management plan for your horse property? But not interested in composting? Finding a good home for all that stall waste is a useful option to consider.
Getting the word out is important to the success of this option. Start by placing a sign at your driveway or road advertising “free horse manure” and if you live in a well-traveled area this may be all the marketing you need TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com. Already have an account?Create a free account with TheHorse.com to view this content.
Start your free account today!
and continue reading.
Written by:
Alayne Blickle
Related Articles
Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with
5 Responses
re: Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
If you are selling "fresh" manure, be prepared for local gardeners to complain about weeds, one year later. The equine digestion system does not process seeds so "fresh" manure needs to be composted at high heat to deal with this. <
re: Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
My neighbor who crop farms takes manure regularly. He has the combination for the back gate and can access our property without invading our privacy or even spooking the horses. He composts it, so he doesn’t mind if it’s from stalls or pasture. Works g
re: Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
Good point about the weed killer!
My 11 stall barn generates quite a bit of manure, which is piled beside the driveway. A neighboring farmer takes it twice a year and either trucks it to a site where he composts it or directly spreads it on fiel
re: Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
For years my composted manure was a welcome addition to my garden but several years ago my plants started wilting then dying. I discovered that my hay man had started using weed killers on his hay fields and the weed killer is toxic to vegetables
re: Give Away Horse Manure and Stall Waste
A "free horse manure" ad on Craigslist generates lots of replies. I give it away so quickly that I often receive later replies from folks saying they’re willing to pay if I’ll hold the manure for them.
I’ve found a good method that mak