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Leave it where it lays... certainly the easiest solution... but what about
worms, and attracting flies?
-Sharon L.

Quoting Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Sharon,
>
> For a while I was able to lease a summer pasture that was about 3 acres.
> It was mostly on a hillside (which is why the owner didn't allow horses on
> it in the rainy season).  I had 2 horses there from about Apr-Oct for over
> 3 years running.  I never hauled off anything.  Horse apples dry out pretty
> quickly and then pulverize becoming part of the soil.  I don't know the
> number of horses/acre that would result in so much feces that it needed to
> be hauled away.  The horse pooples out in the field just disappear after a
> while.
>
> BTW, if your horse(s) are neat and tidy and poop in just one place, you can
> collect it periodically and park it somewhere else to let it age.  After
> about 8 months it is very good fertilizer.  I am big on recycling, not
> because of the environment but because it saves me money.
>
> The bottom line is that the stuff breaks down and if scattered, like being
> dropped all over the place, breaks down really fast.  It won't build up but
> it will improve the soil.  One horse on 7 acres for 3 seasons?  Don't worry
> about it. :)
>
> Sharon Levasseur wrote:
> > We have 7 acres, of which we would like to fence off about 1 acre in the
> woods
> > and 1 acre on the lawn.  For now anyway, there will only be one horse, and
> that
> > one will be there only 3 seasons AT MOST.
> >
> > Our house is a modern and "dressy" style, our driveway is paved, and in
> various
> > other ways we are NOT set up like a mini farm.  I cannot figure out what
> we're
> > going to do with the manure!  There isn't anywhere I can think of where a
> > manure pile would be hidden from view and yet accessible by any sort of
> vehicle
> > that would be able to haul manure away.  I know it'll probably only be one
> horse
> > (at least for now) but we all know IT ADDS UP!!
>
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