![]() You need not build it all at once, but remember that the high temperatures you need won’t be achieved until your pile has a decent heart.īuild an even layer of about 15cm. You’re aiming for a final height of over a metre. You’ve also got to allow air to get to the heart so your composting will occur with air (aerobically) and not without air (anaerobically). Crucially, it needs to be big enough for the heat produced by this process to get to a critical temperature, and stay there for two, even three weeks. However, he says it is not always easy to achieve, and some trial and error may be required to get your composting on a roll.Ĭreate a heap that’s got the right balance of material, moisture, and any added nutrients to encourage healthy growth in the number of micro-organisms that will compost it. Professor Walker says 80deg Celsius is considered the mark at which you’ll achieve this. One of the byproducts of composting is heat, and, if enough is created for long enough, it will kill any seeds and pathogens, providing you with a weed-free compost. Your consummate composter is aiming to fry those pesky seeds. No self-respecting weed seed would ignore the opportunity provided by anyone who digs them straight into the soil. Yes, seeds do pass intact through a horse’s digestive system and will grow if given the opportunity. ![]() The critical thing is overcoming the weed problem. A perfect compost is a soil-like material rich in nutrients and full of roughage which, when added to the garden, improves soil structure and plant health. The challenge is then to find something useful to do with it.Ĭomposting is the process whereby naturally occurring microbes break down organic matter. Scooping poop: if harrowing isn’t an option, you face the fun job of collecting the dung. Horse dung has been much maligned because people are bypassing the one crucial step that every keen vegetable gardener knows about: Composting. And, to use business parlance again, there’s nothing worse than an oversupply in a bearish market. This has given rise to what economists call a glut. They just keep on producing them at an average of 15 or so dollops a day. Through all this, nobody appears to have told horses that demand for their nifty nuggets has fallen away. They dig it into their garden, then complain to the horse lover a few months later that it was full of weeds. The scenario is all too common: A grateful horse owner who is not in a position to use harrows finds a friend to take away a few bags of freshly collected horse droppings. ![]() Sadly, society now moves way too fast for the humble horse poo. Horse dung may have its shortcomings, but it has also received some bad press.
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