Photos of Your Manure Makers

Mary, right now I own 3, but we have owned 35 horses over the last 30 years. I used to teach lessons, and we did a lot of buying and selling until we got the best ones for our hobby. I can guarantee NOBODY's coats look that good in January!

Just an FYI: You can get stall leavings at a stable for free. Everybody buys their grain in these plastic bags, which are in the trash there, and you can fill them, and then duct tape them closed so they won't spill in your trunk. Just ask permission first, and tell them that you are a CRAAAAZZZZZZZYYYYYY Gardener!
UNfortunately, you might find seeds in them, so you would do best to use Preen where you mix this in. With chickens, none of them pass seeds.

I once went up to the Oakland hills where there are a couple of stables to get horse manure. I once found a horse shoe as I was shoveling it out of the pick up bed. It was neat and I still have it hung on my fence.

Mary

You gotta show us a picture, if you still have it. I think one of the reasons that I want to landscape my daughter's place is that it's small, and You have inspired me to try to garden neatly, (like "Leo the Late Bloomer," who ate neatly.) There is always too much to do at my 5 acres and with the animals to finish anything!
Your gardens belong in a magazine!

ducks4you said:

You gotta show us a picture, if you still have it. I think one of the reasons that I want to landscape my daughter's place is that it's small, and You have inspired me to try to garden neatly, (like "Leo the Late Bloomer," who ate neatly.) There is always too much to do at my 5 acres and with the animals to finish anything!
Your gardens belong in a magazine!

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Are you talking to me?

Mary

Ducks, those horses are gorgeous!!!! Having serious horse coveting going on....

I compost my chicken manure right in the coop with the use of deep litter, so I can use it directly on the garden come spring. I have some cow manure in a compost bin that cannot be turned either, so there it sits and it seems to be composting all the same, as the worms have invaded it and are doing their magic. I've been taking hunks of it into the house worms for good snacking...they love it and they produce more poop for me in exchange. You should see the tiny diapers I have on them all. Very cute but a pain to change all the time.

Has any one tractored ( movable pen) a rabbit ? I know rabbit dropping don't need to be aged.I would put him in different part of garden every day, let him eat the weeds and poop.

Joe, the white horse in the picture is a gelding. He is 26 years old. He has no color pigment at all. His skin is pink and he would sunburn, but he is too smart for that. In the scorching heat of the day, he is in the barn or under trees. Smart boy. His eyes are blue, his hair is purest white and he is the love of my life. He basically has two speeds--slow and stop. Sometimes he breaks into a gallop, but that is a pretty special event. He is on the bottom of the pecking order, but he loves his mare buddies and neighs for them when I ride him down the road. I sold a real nice mare once because she was so mean to him. She went out of her way to pick on him, bite and kick him. He was terrified of her. Nobody messes with my Joe! A man admired the mare and we struck a deal. Done.

My husband bought Joe for me when he was 7 years old. We had just got married and were living in a rent house when this skinny white horse showed up next door. I came home from work, spied him and went straight to the fence. This pitiful horse was standing three legged, meaning he had one leg resting, only three legs were bearing his weight, his head was hanging down and his bottom lip was loose. He had cuts all over him. He saw me at the fence and limped to me, put his head over the fence and I lost my heart to him right then and there. A few weeks later, my husband was next door when the horses owner showed up and mentioned that he was tired of feeding that S.O.B. My husband's immediate retort was, "From the looks of him, you never feed him. How much do you want for him?" For 2 truck payments, $734 and change, Joe was mine. His hooves were soft and infected and required care, which he got. We wormed and fed him and he slicked right up. He loves to lick skin. He will slurp my arms, close his eyes in contentment, and lick and lick and lick. He can untie knots and only stands tied if he just wants to. He is gentle and sweet, anybody can ride him.

Like I said, MADE OF GOLD! You are so very lucky to have him, and he, you.