Managing Your Horse's Manure

If you have horses you have manure. Here are eco-friendly ideas for managing your manure pile.

• Composting manure requires a little preparation and equipment. Here are a few systems:
  • How to Compost and Use Horse Manure

  • Manure Maiden Compost System

  • Passively Aerated Bunker System for Composting Horse Manure

  • A Guide to Composting Horse Manure

• Use your composted manure and household waste to fortify your pasture soil instead of chemical fertilizer.

• I've had very good results with the lasagna garden technique to build gardens for flower beds using horse manure as a layer.

• Contact a garden club and offer them free organic fertilizer--manure. You may find a local farmer who would be willing to take it away too

• See Green Pest Control Tips for environmentally safe ideas on how to handle the pests around manure piles .