Got Dung? Part 2
Check out this site on horses for tips on how you can compost horse manure. There certainly aren’t many folks out there who own horses or know people who do, but the article has some great info on how the composting process works. Since I’m sort of a science geek, I thought it was a good read. Here’s a sample:
Here’s why this system functions so well: It relies on aerobic microbes (microbes that need oxygen to live) to break down manure and other wastes. These microbes can’t survive in a typical manure pile, because it shuts out oxygen. Anaerobic microbes (those that live without oxygen) do eventually decompose the manure in the pile, but much more slowly and less efficiently than their aerobic cousins-so the pile grows ever larger. And the anaerobes produce a lot of unpleasant byproducts, such as smelly ammonia sulfide and methane, which is one of the gases blamed for global warming.
