Storing horse muck

[offwegoParticipant]

I have about a ton of fresh horse muck, would you store it separately ready for next year or use it in a mix with other material?
I’m tempted to keep it apart and apply direct to the beds next October

[RhysParticipant]

I find that adding a bit into spring compost heaps can be very beneficial. When I have the first cut of spring grass, building a full heap with cardboard, grass, forest floor litter, fresh horse manure/straw leads to the best compost I make.

[NeilfrazermParticipant]

Hi Offwego and Rhys,
I’ve thought about the same issue myself when my friend received a (tractor)bucket load of horse muck to the tune of 1 ton. It strikes me that no dig follows nature relatively closely as a principle. Now, in the great scheme of things, horses do not produce 1 ton of manure at any 1 time!
I feel that the rotting process inside could be anaerobic, producing the bacteria we do not want. The science seems to support Rhys’s approach of mixing woody and wet composting material helping oxygenation.

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