Burning Manure and Other Niceties

[Chuck in Indiana]

I was never in the military so how did that saying go so that you did not mix the two up?
GliderJohn

This is your rifle, and this is your gun.
This is for business, and this is for fun.
  
And yes, it makes no sense whatever to burn manure except for heat. Nomads in the middle east use camel dung for cooking.

or they are trying to rid themselves of a disease infestation

maybe

[JeffOlson]

Snow and ice (freezing rain) are coming this weekend, starting any moment now. Hopefully they will extinguish the smoldering fire and cover the stench. However, that means no riding for a time...

[toukow]

Funny, I was just looking at CL to buy some horse manure to attempt growing mushrooms, as it's supposedly one of the best substrates. $25 for a pickup full of aged material.

On the brighter side (not my usual nature), one of our neighbors adjacent to our 5 acres burns his garbage, plastic and all, much to the dismay of another neighbor and they've had words on the matter. Pick thy poison I guess....

[Chuck in Indiana]

Funny, I was just looking at CL to buy some horse manure to attempt growing mushrooms, as it's supposedly one of the best substrates. $25 for a pickup full of aged material.

On the brighter side (not my usual nature), one of our neighbors adjacent to our 5 acres burns his garbage, plastic and all, much to the dismay of another neighbor and they've had words on the matter. Pick thy poison I guess....

That's a good deal, and yes one of the very best natural fertilizers. After my (race horse breeder) dad died, mother wanted some fresh tomatoes. Went down to the horse barn, brought up a wheelbarrow full of 2 year old manure and amended the soil where she wanted the tomatoes. Buddddy, did she have tomatoes. 

[Lannis]

That's a good deal, and yes one of the very best natural fertilizers. After my (race horse breeder) dad died, mother wanted some fresh tomatoes. Went down to the horse barn, brought up a wheelbarrow full of 2 year old manure and amended the soil where she wanted the tomatoes. Buddddy, did she have tomatoes. 

You want tomatoes, I'll tell you another way to have tomatoes (although Mom might have done the same).   

For each plant, dig down with a narrow shovel about 24".   Fill the first 8" with chopped cornstalks, and the next 8" with a shovelful of manure.   Then plant the young tomato plants with a shovelful of potting soil on top.   

The chopped cornstalks and manure will start decaying and heating up while the young plant is establishing its roots, without "burning" them with too rich a mixture yet.   By the time the young plant is 12" - 18" high, the roots hit the manure and bro, that plant will take off and drown you in tomatoes.

Lannis