Reply To: Composting Discussion.

[Stringfellow]

Hi Charles. I turned a recently built heap yesterday, containing green waste, wood ash, nettles and grass clippings, and lots of horse muck with bedding etc. These ingredients came together over a period of around three weeks. As I turned the heap lots of steam and fumes came off the contents; it did not feel good to inhale this stuff! Is there any health risk here? I’d read about possible risk of farmers lung and wondered if a simple mouth and nose mask might be an idea…

Would really appreciate your opinion here. Hope all is going well.