I have been searching for two days for this exact, simple, straightforward explanation. Thank you! I just dumped two wheelbarrows full of horse manure J in a pile this evening and covered it with a plastic tarp. So excited! Tomorrow promises to be a great spring day so I’ll get at it again with my little dog. The horses watch us with curiosity from a distance. 🐴 🐴
@@another8125 The weather changed drastically after that beautiful day. I knew it was premature to be in the garden but the day “called”. I had an idea to warm up the manure in black garbage bags, poke holes in the bags for air, leave them in the sun and periodically roll the bags. Then it snowed for 24 hours leaving a covering of 20 cms! 😭 However, it is now May, the forecast calls for +27 this week! Could this be It finally? I did turn my kitchen-scraps compost pile and found rich black compost! Hope springs eternal. 🌸 🥕 🍅 ♥️. Happy Gardening season and thank you for the follow up!
Hi, I see that you haven’t posted any videos for such a long, long time. In the advent that you still check out Utube I would like to thank you for posting this video. I researched and started different methods of composting cow manure, but started all over again after watching this vid. Your info resignated with me, and as I have 30 cows rotating in 3 paddocks across the road from me, I’m flat out cooking as much manure as I can. The owner/neighbour is happy too. I realise the proof will be in the pudding, but I feel confident using your method. Thanks again.
I suppose my method for using my donkey and sheep dung goes against the grain, but here it is: For a new garden bed, I pile the manure directly in the bed till it gets about1 foot high. Then I ignore it for a month or so as the sun, rain, snow and chickens go at it. By the time planting comes round, my "SOIL" is dark and rich grows wonderful plants. I recently purchased some seed from you, and will be trying some of them out in one of these beds. I will let you know how it goes.
This is simple. A lot of other things that I found on this talks about the brown and green compost ratio and what needs to be added by making layers. I am interested in learning about that too but this is simple enough to start.
You can compost horse manure in 18/20 days. I've done that. Just make a pile at least 3 foot high and moisten it. Four days later you turn the pile for the first time, and after that every 2 days until it cools down and finish composting. This is the hot composting system.
Hello, I live in the desert on 2 acres near Phoenix and many of my neighbors give away horse manure. I have begun making piles and wetting them down. Our sandy soil is nutrient poor, so I look forward to adding some compost. Informative video, thanks.
I also use a four tine cultivator to move the pile. Takes some time but it chops everything up as I am pulling it to the new pile. I cover the top of mine with black plastic so the nutrients don't get washed out of the pile and it keep the pile from drying out.
One of the best Nature videos I've seen in recent years. May the fertility and Beauty of the Planet always be shared with you. Thanks so much for great value for time! Nice video work and information. Poppies!!
Thanks ever so much for the video, that was excellent, and something I needed to know. I suppose depending on what you are growing and have time, another say 2 to 4 weeks will rot it even more and go darker and is probably more ideal for flowers. From a gardner in the English country side, many thanks, and cheers.
I was thinking the same thing. :) All the neighbors have very fruitful gardens around here because they're old timers and know the tricks of the trade. I actually learn from them through their experiences. You and I will bring great food for the soil to the plate (so to speak) :) We'll just clear it with them first and tell them they can grab some of the offerings to amend their soil as well. This will probably satiate their head turning toward the smell. Whatcha think? :)
On your first turning, I would suggest moving all the outside parts of the original pile toward you, making a new pile. Then move the inner part of the original pile on top of it. That way you get a more even composting. I also try to get partially decomposed manure when I pick it up. That way it takes less time to decompose.
I want to say anyone who has a tractor and rear blade I use one to stir our manure once a week in summer into early fall works great makes good compost
Adding some compost tea to the pile, esp compost tea that contains Bokashi compost mix, would introduce even more organisms and create a faster and more thorough composting. At the end of the 30 days, from the looks of it, it could've used another 15-30. I've composted plenty of horse manure... and I've seen it break down completely. This isn't... quite ready, imo. but, the compost tea, esp if it includes bokashi mix, should accelerate it a lot. Also, if you use the plastic, you're going to cater to an anaerobic environment (for fermenting), but if you cover with landscape fabric, it will allow in the rain and weather, as well a lot more air allowing it to breathe.. this will feed the aerobic microbes as well keep the whole thing from smelling as bad... there will still be plenty of anaerobic microbes in the center of the pile
***** From my understanding, the problem with human manure is the pathogens. Personally? I think the humanure for gardens idea is disgusting anyway you do it and am personally not a big fan ... but, I suppose if you're going to burn it first, you'd kill the pathogens in it. Granted, you'd also evaporate any nitrogen, sugars, etc in the process. In the end, you'd just be adding nutrients into the pile... the minerals. ...and, the heavier ones at that that don't evaporate out while burning it. I wouldn't risk it, personally. But I see no reason why it technically wouldn't work.... and most likely be safe enough to use. 200F is hot enough to kill, or so severely damage such as to render highly unlikely to infect.. any infectious disease, and fires will go much higher than this obviously. The best use for humanure, imo, *is* to cook it with some biomass while making biochar, then to use it, blended with the biochar, in an area where you'd be growing fast-growth crops with the specific intention of composting *those* harvests or cuttings. The regrowth process of the new plant-type safely sterilizes any pathogens in the humanure and gives you a compostable crop that will do an excellent job 'mining' the humanure for nutrients that your compost and, then, subsequently, your food crops will love. I don't have it readily available, but I ran across a site a year or so ago that had listed excellent crops for growing straight from humanure.... specifically for composting them. The plants pulled a wide diversity of nutrients from the humanure into them, they were incredibly fast growth but easy to manage, composted quickly, and weren't really invasive if seeds blew anywhere. Better still though, the plant itself produced chemicals that were natural antiseptics.. so, in case any human pathogens *did* make it into them, they'd quickly be sterilized. Here, check out the video at this link to give you an idea of what's in soil... and, just think about how many of those are capable of wreaking havoc on an ill-prepared microbiome thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/how-much-does-soil-influence-taste/
***** If I were you, I'd skip it. It's just not worth the risk, imo. If you're looking for minerals for your compost / soil... just buy a bag of Azomite and consider yourself good-to-go for about 5-10 years. ... depending on the area-size, of course ....fore, in the end, that's what you're really looking for from humanure anyway: the minerals. ...esp if you burn it to ash (read: minerals that didn't evaporate in the heat)
I use a similar type shovel as she does for digging into the pile and turning over, but do use a wide square edge shovel for along very edge to scoop underneath and just toss some back on top. The shape of shovel she uses is easier to dig into the pile and smaller size makes easier to lift. -- I also turn over the entire pile and don't bother to cover mine and just let it take longer.
I know it's been a while; I would like to know if the compost was sufficiently broken down to be used on your plants. How did it do? Did anything get burned? Just wondering.
I've found the process a lot more efficient If you first spread the manure out to dry, then mulch (lawn mower). As you pile up the mulched manure insure that it is moist (not wet). The center of the pile will go above 160 degrees very soon. Turn the pile often (every 5 or 6 days) adding moisture as needed. The temperature will decrease over time but I've never had my compost finished in 30 days.
***** Creationism??? Like God created Adam from dirt then breathed life into him then realizing His mistake, stole one of Adams ribs in the middle of the night and created Eve? Sounds like a bedtime story for little kids. You, of course, don't believe such nonsense, right?
+Alayaheart ... That's okay...I happen to know that composting takes time. The way I do it speeds the process up immensely. It being finished in thirty days or less isn't going to happen.
I would rather use black drums than soft plastics which may ultimately break down and pollute soils. Also, cylindrical drums can be stood upright in the sun, and even rotated occasionally, which gets them more heat.
Very large gardens (mine is 2,000 square feet) may require very large drums. Which are impossibly heavy to move when full of dirt! I simply use a black or dark colored tarp, and it works just fine. What's used in the video appears to be plastic drop cloth, which is very tough and BPA free. So, in a pinch, they're perfectly safe to use for the garden!
I just chuck the horse manure thickly straight on the garden. I make a hole and plant flower seedlings. I have no problems apart from some weeds which I demolish with a dutch hoe. I am a lazy gardener.
Can I reuse a sheep manure/soil mix that were used on failed marijuana plants? They died about 3/4 of the way through the whole process, and I had a mild mildew problem before they died (that's not what killed them though).. I want to repurposed it for general gardening
Great demo on composting. I have heard people say chicken manure takes a whole year to fully compost. Is that correct? I’m hoping to get chickens next spring and am trying to the fastest way to compost their manure.
Make sure you ask the horse keeper what they feed the horse and if they spray their fields with herbicides.You CAN end up with some deadly compost if they spray or use certain feeds.You can go to mother earth news and look for an article on killer compost.Picloram and clopyralid are the 2 herbicides to watch out for and some horse feeds also contain these.It passses thru the animal in their manure.
Thank you for posting the article from Washington State. Very informative. I still object to the use of the term "fermentation". That process is carried out in a closed container called an anaerobic digester and produces methane for harvesting. While I'm sure your pile goes anaerobic, I'm confused as to why you would want it to seeing that you are loosing many of the nutrients and beneficial bacterial. I will try the same experiment in a closed bag but will add air every three days. Will bet that I get compost in less than three weeks. Will let you know.
Don't think fermentation requires yeast. Fermentation is just a form of anaerobic (no oxygen) breakdown of organic materials, which isn't good for a compost pile. A fermenting manure pile is more likely to smell and also take a lot longer to break down the materials. The purpose of the turning of the pile is to get oxygen back into the mix. Her method of composting in 30 days is using aerobic (with oxygen) breakdown of organic materials, so it isn't using fermentation.
Hmmm... thinking on it... do find that mixing in something with more nitrogen does help make my compost heap percolate and heat up better. So... think fresh mixed in is good idea, though not technically necessary. Mixing in grass cuttings would do the trick too.
Apparently, the wrong point which was my point. when people get the wrong info they cause others to become poorly educated, too. Thanks for proving my point.
Yes it does work with cow and sheep manure as well I personally would buy cow manure compost which looks similar to the one in video at the one month mark I would then put it in a polythene bag and let it sit for a month or two outside but under a shade. After a while it breaks down completely and turns black and almost like loose soil, that's when its best to put to your flowering plant and vegetable garden Also note that it might get bugs and maggots and that is completely fine, Just make sure to check on it one a week. Hope this was helpful.
GrowPoppies... can one use this horse manure (composted for the month) to feed worms also? The little bed I have just started seems to be doing well. Is this compost too strong to feed them? Is this overkill for getting good dirt or do you think cycling it through two natural beings is better compost? Thanks for your time.
Would it work similarly with cow manure? A friend thought they were helping me by bringing a load of manure while I was gone and when I got home I discovered that they had brought FRESH cow manure, not composted at all! Help!
It doesnt have to be in a cone pile. I do enough of it I make one long pile of cow manure. It makes it easier to turn with a skid loader and faster to do. I dont trap it because I turn it more often then two weeks. You will know its done when the center starts drop in temperature. But in tell then it should be around 170-160 degrees. After the temperature started dropping I stop watering it anymore and keeping on turning it so it can dry up some more. There should be any hay left in the compost when its done
You don't want fresh manure aged is way better. When it's dry an falls apart like Pete moss. Really aerated, you can feed the plants with compost pile.
It can be used ind it is used by some people. Especially when they choose to install composting toilet in their home. Most people dont use human manure simply because of "mental block". It is important tto use manure from a healthy person that does not use drugs or any medicine or antibiotics (same goes for animal manure). Human pee can be used as well to "water" plants but probably needs to be VERY diluted.
What if the weather is kind of hot, can I turn it after a week and wet it? Is there any chance of it catching fire? What was your average temperature like when you did this please?
What else can you ad to make it even better? Should I add wood ash? Veggie scraps? Leaves/grass? Straw from the goat barn? Fishy muck water from the pond? If so, how much and at what point should I add it?
i would recommend (but am relatively new to this) adding a source of nitrogen, as nitrogen is for the fermenting bacteria. Nitrogen can come from urine, green garden scraps, or a simple N based fertilizer
If compost is piled into a 3 foot deep hole will it still compost well? I understand this would be more difficult to turn, but will it cause any slowdown in the composting process?
When turning a pile always dig around the outside and pile it up to the side, working around the pile, then from the top to the bottom. You didn't even disturb the bottom of the pile, let alone get the outside material into the center of the pile. Nice try, you definitely need more than 30 days with this technique.
What if the horses that produced the manure were given dewormer? How does this adversely affect the manure and what can be done to overcome those effect in order to safely use the composted/fermented manure in your vegetable garden?
Would making a pallet compost container,Having the internal walls and roof have a hard plastic sheets with a emergency blanket glued between them.Work better? Cook it faster, Can it get too hot?
How did i prove your point in any way? Not only did i not comment on fermentation, or about how she is poorly educating people, i simply was stating she got the point of the video across and that was how to compost, not about what fermenting means. I suggest you look up fermentation also.
we tried it and unfortunately very faulty smells were produced and learned that oxygen is very important when composting to allow healthy micro organisms in the soil, a better alternative would be the Berkeley method.
I just got real lucky and found a source of organic manure. The horses are not medicated, their winter feed is organic, and their pasture is not fertilized. I have always had a problem with horse manure being the so-called 'organic' option. Generally, it is not. My source is though :)
can I use this method for: pig, sheep, goat, donkey as well as horse manure? Any ideas for cat or dog composting - my understanding is that cat/dog poop is so full of pathogens & a compost pile doesn't get hot enough to kill them...so what does?? Thanks for the video.
The pile must be TALL, if it is not tall enough it wont work. the more manure you have to work with the better. On a side note, the white stuff you see growing in the manure is a fungus, which is very important as it is eating the manure and making the nutrients available. If you see lots of white then it is working well.
I have been searching for two days for this exact, simple, straightforward explanation. Thank you! I just dumped two wheelbarrows full of horse manure J in a pile this evening and covered it with a plastic tarp. So excited! Tomorrow promises to be a great spring day so I’ll get at it again with my little dog. The horses watch us with curiosity from a distance. 🐴 🐴
So how did it go? Did you get some soft loamy compost?
@@another8125 The weather changed drastically after that beautiful day. I knew it was premature to be in the garden but the day “called”. I had an idea to warm up the manure in black garbage bags, poke holes in the bags for air, leave them in the sun and periodically roll the bags. Then it snowed for 24 hours leaving a covering of 20 cms! 😭 However, it is now May, the forecast calls for +27 this week! Could this be It finally? I did turn my kitchen-scraps compost pile and found rich black compost! Hope springs eternal. 🌸 🥕 🍅 ♥️. Happy Gardening season and thank you for the follow up!
Hi, I see that you haven’t posted any videos for such a long, long time. In the advent that you still check out Utube I would like to thank you for posting this video. I researched and started different methods of composting cow manure, but started all over again after watching this vid. Your info resignated with me, and as I have 30 cows rotating in 3 paddocks across the road from me, I’m flat out cooking as much manure as I can. The owner/neighbour is happy too. I realise the proof will be in the pudding, but I feel confident using your method. Thanks again.
Love love love this , i have been searching for this . Thanks a million .
Did exactly like the video said to do, but my wife tasted it and it needed salt.
lol
XD
I suppose my method for using my donkey and sheep dung goes against the grain, but here it is: For a new garden bed, I pile the manure directly in the bed till it gets about1 foot high. Then I ignore it for a month or so as the sun, rain, snow and chickens go at it. By the time planting comes round, my "SOIL" is dark and rich grows wonderful plants. I recently purchased some seed from you, and will be trying some of them out in one of these beds. I will let you know how it goes.
This is simple. A lot of other things that I found on this talks about the brown and green compost ratio and what needs to be added by making layers. I am interested in learning about that too but this is simple enough to start.
You can compost horse manure in 18/20 days. I've done that. Just make a pile at least 3 foot high and moisten it. Four days later you turn the pile for the first time, and after that every 2 days until it cools down and finish composting. This is the hot composting system.
18-20! thats amazing....is it just manure? no need to add anything..or layer it etc?
hey dont we have to leave space for air to contact pile or we just have to cover it i mean is there any need to aerate it
searching for hours, this gal knows what she is doing thank you for great video
I always compost manure for a minimum of 2-3 months. Always checking to ensure the piles reaching a cooking temp of 140-170
Hello, I live in the desert on 2 acres near Phoenix and many of my neighbors give away horse manure. I have begun making piles and wetting them down. Our sandy soil is nutrient poor, so I look forward to adding some compost. Informative video, thanks.
Go forth and grow!! Brilliant thx for sharing
I also use a four tine cultivator to move the pile. Takes some time but it chops everything up as I am pulling it to the new pile.
I cover the top of mine with black plastic so the nutrients don't get washed out of the pile and it keep the pile from drying out.
Wow I am so glad Thai is my school work
Thanks! I just found a source of raw manure, so this is exactly what I was looking for :)
Oh, and you should make more videos with your dog, it's very pretty.
One of the best Nature videos I've seen in recent years. May the fertility and Beauty of the Planet always be shared with you. Thanks so much for great value for time! Nice video work and information. Poppies!!
Thanks ever so much for the video, that was excellent, and something I needed to know. I suppose depending on what you are growing and have time, another say 2 to 4 weeks will rot it even more and go darker and is probably more ideal for flowers. From a gardner in the English country side, many thanks, and cheers.
I enjoyed watching this, great video thank you!
Thank you! Just what I needed to know!
great video,, thanks
I was thinking the same thing. :) All the neighbors have very fruitful gardens around here because they're old timers and know the tricks of the trade. I actually learn from them through their experiences. You and I will bring great food for the soil to the plate (so to speak) :) We'll just clear it with them first and tell them they can grab some of the offerings to amend their soil as well. This will probably satiate their head turning toward the smell. Whatcha think? :)
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Very good and helpful video. Thank you very much.
Thank you for the information
Thank you for your clear explanation.
A manure fork is 100 times better to turn the pile than a shovel....less effort on your part....thanks for this video
Straight forward
Thank you so much much for sharing 🤗
On your first turning, I would suggest moving all the outside parts of the original pile toward you, making a new pile. Then move the inner part of the original pile on top of it. That way you get a more even composting. I also try to get partially decomposed manure when I pick it up. That way it takes less time to decompose.
I want to say anyone who has a tractor and rear blade I use one to stir our manure once a week in summer into early fall works great makes good compost
Great video
Beautiful video... Thanks.
alpaca manure is the new best manure, it doesn't need to be composted and is pelletized like rabbit manure.
Luckily alpaca manure is widely available world wide....
What about deer manure? It's everywhere around here
Adding some compost tea to the pile, esp compost tea that contains Bokashi compost mix, would introduce even more organisms and create a faster and more thorough composting. At the end of the 30 days, from the looks of it, it could've used another 15-30. I've composted plenty of horse manure... and I've seen it break down completely. This isn't... quite ready, imo. but, the compost tea, esp if it includes bokashi mix, should accelerate it a lot. Also, if you use the plastic, you're going to cater to an anaerobic environment (for fermenting), but if you cover with landscape fabric, it will allow in the rain and weather, as well a lot more air allowing it to breathe.. this will feed the aerobic microbes as well keep the whole thing from smelling as bad... there will still be plenty of anaerobic microbes in the center of the pile
***** From my understanding, the problem with human manure is the pathogens. Personally? I think the humanure for gardens idea is disgusting anyway you do it and am personally not a big fan ... but, I suppose if you're going to burn it first, you'd kill the pathogens in it. Granted, you'd also evaporate any nitrogen, sugars, etc in the process. In the end, you'd just be adding nutrients into the pile... the minerals. ...and, the heavier ones at that that don't evaporate out while burning it.
I wouldn't risk it, personally. But I see no reason why it technically wouldn't work.... and most likely be safe enough to use. 200F is hot enough to kill, or so severely damage such as to render highly unlikely to infect.. any infectious disease, and fires will go much higher than this obviously.
The best use for humanure, imo, *is* to cook it with some biomass while making biochar, then to use it, blended with the biochar, in an area where you'd be growing fast-growth crops with the specific intention of composting *those* harvests or cuttings. The regrowth process of the new plant-type safely sterilizes any pathogens in the humanure and gives you a compostable crop that will do an excellent job 'mining' the humanure for nutrients that your compost and, then, subsequently, your food crops will love.
I don't have it readily available, but I ran across a site a year or so ago that had listed excellent crops for growing straight from humanure.... specifically for composting them. The plants pulled a wide diversity of nutrients from the humanure into them, they were incredibly fast growth but easy to manage, composted quickly, and weren't really invasive if seeds blew anywhere. Better still though, the plant itself produced chemicals that were natural antiseptics.. so, in case any human pathogens *did* make it into them, they'd quickly be sterilized.
Here, check out the video at this link to give you an idea of what's in soil... and, just think about how many of those are capable of wreaking havoc on an ill-prepared microbiome thecontraryfarmer.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/how-much-does-soil-influence-taste/
***** If I were you, I'd skip it. It's just not worth the risk, imo.
If you're looking for minerals for your compost / soil... just buy a bag of Azomite and consider yourself good-to-go for about 5-10 years. ... depending on the area-size, of course ....fore, in the end, that's what you're really looking for from humanure anyway: the minerals. ...esp if you burn it to ash (read: minerals that didn't evaporate in the heat)
I use a similar type shovel as she does for digging into the pile and turning over, but do use a wide square edge shovel for along very edge to scoop underneath and just toss some back on top. The shape of shovel she uses is easier to dig into the pile and smaller size makes easier to lift. -- I also turn over the entire pile and don't bother to cover mine and just let it take longer.
Excellent presentation
I know it's been a while; I would like to know if the compost was sufficiently broken down to be used on your plants. How did it do? Did anything get burned? Just wondering.
Good presentation and informative.
I've found the process a lot more efficient If you first spread the manure out to dry, then mulch (lawn mower). As you pile up the mulched manure insure that it is moist (not wet). The center of the pile will go above 160 degrees very soon. Turn the pile often (every 5 or 6 days) adding moisture as needed. The temperature will decrease over time but I've never had my compost finished in 30 days.
***** Isn't creationism 101 the book of Genesis and hardly having anything to do with horse shit?
***** That's quite funny...you should present yourself in a stand-up routine.
***** Creationism??? Like God created Adam from dirt then breathed life into him then realizing His mistake, stole one of Adams ribs in the middle of the night and created Eve? Sounds like a bedtime story for little kids. You, of course, don't believe such nonsense, right?
Hey, everyone has the right to feel and believe what they will. Shaming doesnt help anyone.
+Alayaheart ... That's okay...I happen to know that composting takes time. The way I do it speeds the process up immensely. It being finished in thirty days or less isn't going to happen.
I would rather use black drums than soft plastics which may ultimately break down and pollute soils. Also, cylindrical drums can be stood upright in the sun, and even rotated occasionally, which gets them more heat.
Very large gardens (mine is 2,000 square feet) may require very large drums. Which are impossibly heavy to move when full of dirt! I simply use a black or dark colored tarp, and it works just fine. What's used in the video appears to be plastic drop cloth, which is very tough and BPA free. So, in a pinch, they're perfectly safe to use for the garden!
I just chuck the horse manure thickly straight on the garden. I make a hole and plant flower seedlings. I have no problems apart from some weeds which I demolish with a dutch hoe. I am a lazy gardener.
Can I reuse a sheep manure/soil mix that were used on failed marijuana plants? They died about 3/4 of the way through the whole process, and I had a mild mildew problem before they died (that's not what killed them though).. I want to repurposed it for general gardening
Great video
Great demo on composting. I have heard people say chicken manure takes a whole year to fully compost. Is that correct? I’m hoping to get chickens next spring and am trying to the fastest way to compost their manure.
thank you for the video mam =] great job with shoveling the compost pile!
Make sure you ask the horse keeper what they feed the horse and if they spray their fields with herbicides.You CAN end up with some deadly compost if they spray or use certain feeds.You can go to mother earth news and look for an article on killer compost.Picloram and clopyralid are the 2 herbicides to watch out for and some horse feeds also contain these.It passses thru the animal in their manure.
Thank you for posting the article from Washington State. Very informative.
I still object to the use of the term "fermentation". That process is carried out in a closed container called an anaerobic digester and produces methane for harvesting.
While I'm sure your pile goes anaerobic, I'm confused as to why you would want it to seeing that you are loosing many of the nutrients and beneficial bacterial.
I will try the same experiment in a closed bag but will add air every three days. Will bet that I get compost in less than three weeks. Will let you know.
You never let us know. ;)
Can I depend on thiz manure to grow corn? +265884280882 Felix
She got the point across.
Don't think fermentation requires yeast. Fermentation is just a form of anaerobic (no oxygen) breakdown of organic materials, which isn't good for a compost pile. A fermenting manure pile is more likely to smell and also take a lot longer to break down the materials. The purpose of the turning of the pile is to get oxygen back into the mix. Her method of composting in 30 days is using aerobic (with oxygen) breakdown of organic materials, so it isn't using fermentation.
Hmmm... thinking on it... do find that mixing in something with more nitrogen does help make my compost heap percolate and heat up better. So... think fresh mixed in is good idea, though not technically necessary. Mixing in grass cuttings would do the trick too.
Thx for making video
how do you keep the soil for future use?
very educative.Nice.
Thank u. so much helpful
Do you need organic fertilizer fermentation tower? It will take about 12days to turn the animal manure into fertilizer
Well done!
excellent video
Apparently, the wrong point which was my point. when people get the wrong info they cause others to become poorly educated, too. Thanks for proving my point.
Muy interesante !! Me gusta lo rápido que está el abono!!
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does anyone know if this method will work with sheep and cow manure too? or would i need to add brown materials (leaves/hay/whatever)?
Yes it does work with cow and sheep manure as well
I personally would buy cow manure compost which looks similar to the one in video at the one month mark
I would then put it in a polythene bag and let it sit for a month or two outside but under a shade. After a while it breaks down completely and turns black and almost like loose soil, that's when its best to put to your flowering plant and vegetable garden
Also note that it might get bugs and maggots and that is completely fine,
Just make sure to check on it one a week.
Hope this was helpful.
GrowPoppies... can one use this horse manure (composted for the month) to feed worms also? The little bed I have just started seems to be doing well. Is this compost too strong to feed them? Is this overkill for getting good dirt or do you think cycling it through two natural beings is better compost? Thanks for your time.
Wouldn’t you add any carbon? Does it get too hot with just the manure?
So is it just manure do u need to mix it with dirt or leaves or cardboard??
Would it work similarly with cow manure? A friend thought they were helping me by bringing a load of manure while I was gone and when I got home I discovered that they had brought FRESH cow manure, not composted at all! Help!
Same process
Need a wide, square edge shovel. More efficient. I move my whole pile to assure everything is mixed up.
wtf
wow please make more videos
Great video! Can this be done the same way, with the same time frame with chicken manure?
You can i just collect it and bag it and leave for a while
chalkmonster123 I have heard chicken manure needs to sit a whole year else it will burn the plant roots. Any truth to this?
did you add anything to your horse manure like hay or bits of wood??
did you add anything else to your horse manure like hay or bits of wood?
It doesnt have to be in a cone pile. I do enough of it I make one long pile of cow manure. It makes it easier to turn with a skid loader and faster to do. I dont trap it because I turn it more often then two weeks. You will know its done when the center starts drop in temperature. But in tell then it should be around 170-160 degrees. After the temperature started dropping I stop watering it anymore and keeping on turning it so it can dry up some more. There should be any hay left in the compost when its done
Shouldn't
How do you Check for heat? How long to kills weed seeds in the manure - at that temp? Thanks!!
You don't want fresh manure aged is way better. When it's dry an falls apart like Pete moss. Really aerated, you can feed the plants with compost pile.
It can be used ind it is used by some people. Especially when they choose to install composting toilet in their home. Most people dont use human manure simply because of "mental block". It is important tto use manure from a healthy person that does not use drugs or any medicine or antibiotics (same goes for animal manure). Human pee can be used as well to "water" plants but probably needs to be VERY diluted.
tried to get to your website, but it's down? Will there be a new one?
About how long do you have to collect the manure from your animal, so it doesnt get old? pLEASE ANSWER!!
What if the weather is kind of hot, can I turn it after a week and wet it? Is there any chance of it catching fire? What was your average temperature like when you did this please?
You wont have to worry about it catching fire,I have piles of it left for months and i live in northeast thailand and its very hot
Will that kill any pesticides that might be in the hay?
What about all the flies that comes and lay maggots ..
What do I do about them 😭
Please help
Add food grade diatomaceous earth. Itll dry out the flies and kill them
Soil + manure only?or manure only?
Doesn't have to be fresh out of a horse. Older dried manure has to be more thoroughly wet down though.
free oven included,that beats my solar oven as long as you have a well sealed container.
I'm lucky enough to have my own horse.... just not a home for us to make a compost pile on.
What else can you ad to make it even better? Should I add wood ash? Veggie scraps? Leaves/grass? Straw from the goat barn? Fishy muck water from the pond? If so, how much and at what point should I add it?
i would recommend (but am relatively new to this) adding a source of nitrogen, as nitrogen is for the fermenting bacteria. Nitrogen can come from urine, green garden scraps, or a simple N based fertilizer
How do you reduce the smell if you have neighbours around your house?
sdjnwhyNZ spray air freshener
Cover it.
is there any risk of burning sensitive or young roots still once it's composted to that level or is it good to go anywhere?
I would leave it for a few months or so to compost more
with a lack of space can i use a bucket or barrel to compost manure?
A compost tumbler works great.
tq good info
Grt Vid
If compost is piled into a 3 foot deep hole will it still compost well? I understand this would be more difficult to turn, but will it cause any slowdown in the composting process?
When turning a pile always dig around the outside and pile it up to the side, working around the pile, then from the top to the bottom. You didn't even disturb the bottom of the pile, let alone get the outside material into the center of the pile. Nice try, you definitely need more than 30 days with this technique.
OTOH... if the oxygen gets used up and the plastic cover does block enough oxygen, then the pile could actually end up with fermentation.
What if the horses that produced the manure were given dewormer? How does this adversely affect the manure and what can be done to overcome those effect in order to safely use the composted/fermented manure in your vegetable garden?
If it was online and pre-pacaged I think you can just put it in your garden
Would making a pallet compost container,Having the internal walls and roof have a hard plastic sheets with a emergency blanket glued between them.Work better? Cook it faster, Can it get too hot?
How did i prove your point in any way? Not only did i not comment on fermentation, or about how she is poorly educating people, i simply was stating she got the point of the video across and that was how to compost, not about what fermenting means. I suggest you look up fermentation also.
we tried it and unfortunately very faulty smells were produced and learned that oxygen is very important when composting to allow healthy micro organisms in the soil, a better alternative would be the Berkeley method.
What if rain happens during the 2 weeks?
I just got real lucky and found a source of organic manure.
The horses are not medicated, their winter feed is organic, and their pasture is not fertilized. I have always had a problem with horse manure being the so-called 'organic' option. Generally, it is not. My source is though :)
can I use this method for: pig, sheep, goat, donkey as well as horse manure? Any ideas for cat or dog composting - my understanding is that cat/dog poop is so full of pathogens & a compost pile doesn't get hot enough to kill them...so what does?? Thanks for the video.
I have followed this video to the letter BUT my horse manure pile is NOT getting hot!! I'm ready to give up :^(
The pile must be TALL, if it is not tall enough it wont work. the more manure you have to work with the better. On a side note, the white stuff you see growing in the manure is a fungus, which is very important as it is eating the manure and making the nutrients available. If you see lots of white then it is working well.
thanks OffLeashIG My pile is tall, hot and white inside.
Can I do the same with cow dung?
Can you do that with chicken poop to? i have a bout 100 or so.
Caleb1995trapman sure can
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