Dan T in MO
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OK, I got the hogs up and running, currently 17 head with plans to add 10 or so head each month. I was thinking of using the manure to fertilize the garden and corn field. Just wondering do I need to compost it or let it set or just put it on as it becomes available?
The old hog pens we used in the 80s took quite a long time to recover. Dad just penned off an area of hardwood forest and turned the hogs in. First, all the underbrush died, then the trees. After he got out of the hog business, it took a few years to even have blackberry briers grow in there. But I'm not sure how much of that was due to the manure being too hot and how much was due to all the rooting.
The old hog pens we used in the 80s took quite a long time to recover. Dad just penned off an area of hardwood forest and turned the hogs in. First, all the underbrush died, then the trees. After he got out of the hog business, it took a few years to even have blackberry briers grow in there. But I'm not sure how much of that was due to the manure being too hot and how much was due to all the rooting.