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I have been spreading my horse manure in my goat pasture. It isn't composted yet but it does have some moisture in it. We are in a severe drought. I am hoping to have enough moisture in the stuff to start some inexpensive seeds. Our grass is gone and hopefully we will get some rain this month...

I can understand their position. Parents sometimes complain about anything and everything.

It seems like a compost pile at schools would be a teaching tool. It is biology in action. It also teaches that some things considered garbage can be put to good use. You could teach the kids to monitor temperature, the different phases of decomposition, saftey, and many other things.

It is dry when I pick it up and I water it in when I unload it. I have two piles ready and four cooking. The new stuff I am getting has a lot of sawdust in it so I have been using some ammonia nitrate to see if it helps it decompose.

this is the wood chip pile. this is newer stuff. I know they ain't very good pics and sorry for taking so long to post.

I just found another source of horse manure. I have one pile that is one pickup load and a newer pile that is two pickup loads. My first pile has shrunk and quit heating. It was very hot at the first couple of turns but it has quit heating and looks like a pile of wood chips. I added nitrogen...

I love Crenshaw melon. May I have a slice?

I have just started hot composting but I am using horse manure. The first batch is just three weeks old and it is still heating...and shrinking. The second pile consists of two pickup loads in one pile. I was worried at first because of the wood chip bedding but it seems to be working. I have...