What do you do with your muck heaps?

[SuperCoblet]

We give ours away for free! It surely keeps it down anyway, about 3 times a year there's nothing to give away and people just keep on coming for it! And any donations go to the costs of keeping the pony, afterall, that's where the manure comes from
What do you do with yours?

 

[Nocturnal]

I look the other way when I'm passing and pretend not to notice that its steadily advancing on the yard!

 

[Enfys]

When the ground dries up we take it and dump it in the forest.

The wild turkeys spread it for us

 

[kirinsam]

Grow veggies in it ! Obviously only the stuff thats a few years old but growing our own food helps to keep costs down so I can afford to buy horse feed to make more poo. Mad I know

 

[traceyann]

I burn mine then give it to people for their gardens

 

[FairyLights]

I use mine on the flower beds and veg patch ,and surplus goes to the neighbours for their gardens.

 

[Javabb94]

we have a sign saying "free horse manure" and leave it in empty feed bags for people to take

the other day we put 10 bags out within 1 hour they had all gone and then someone rang and collected another 10 the next day

sometimes we persuade a friendly farmer to take it away for us

as we have 3 it doesnt half build up quick !

 

[NeverSayNever]

i pay an agricultural contractor to take mine once a year, cost about 130 last time

 

[marmitelover]

I'm actually stuck trying to find a way to get rid of mine! Too many horses in the area, so farmers don't want it, gardeners have enough, can't burn it as tooclose to residential area!!

 

[SuperCoblet]

we have a sign saying "free horse manure" and leave it in empty feed bags for people to take

the other day we put 10 bags out within 1 hour they had all gone and then someone rang and collected another 10 the next day

sometimes we persuade a friendly farmer to take it away for us

as we have 3 it doesnt half build up quick !

Same! Although we've given up with bags as they don't return them an people are coming with huge trailers to fill them up!

 

[Springs]

We have 9 horses so it tends to get quite big!

The cost of fiterlizer has gone through the roof the past couple of years so the local farmers fall over them selves to take it away as it saves them money!

 

[Javabb94]

Same! Although we've given up with bags as they don't return them an people are coming with huge trailers to fill them up!

last people that came brought there own bags

and the person that took the 10 we put out returned the bags

 

[L&M]

We put ours in a large trailer and my neighbouring farmer empties it every month to spread on his fields.

 

[MerrySherryRider]

My dogs do their bit by eating it.
Otherwise we rot it down for fertilizer.

 

[spotty_pony]

Ours is in a corner in the field and is just left to rot down naturally.

 

[joeanne]

After watching it grow over a couple of years and nobody wanting it, this year I cant give it away fast enough!
Smallest sons teacher.....daughters friends mother....the list goes on growing

 

[sadiedeb]

See if there's a local allotment by you and phone them to see if anyone there wants it

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Have to pay for somebody to take it away, costs about £100.

 

[Lanky Loll]

With 8 in over the winter it gets to a substantial heap - some goes on the veg patch and the rest goes back on the hay field so that we can try and get a decent crop!

 

[jendie]

A couple of people take loads for their gardens and the rest goes to a friendly farmer who spreads it on his fields.

 

[ossy]

We have ours taken away by a specialist contractor. Rememeber if your manure is generated from a livery business, ie not just "horses at home" the EA class it as commerical waste and it should be dealt with in accordacne to their guidlines.

 

[lily1]

Use some on the garden and put the rest outside the gate with a sign "free manure" and this time of the year its really started going fast they turn up with trailers and even bring the bags back.