What do you do with your muck?!

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laupip

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I was wondering what people do with their muck heaps?

We have four neds contributing to our field muck heap. We had a good enclosure built for it but it is getting out of control. The farmer that we rent the field from said he would come and take it away but he didn't have the time as the weather was so bad they were late getting the harvest in so ran out of time. I have been getting up to the top of it by a big plank but I had a slip the other day so I don't want to risk it again. (yes it was as messy as it sounds!)

Is there a company that anyone knows of that will remove muck? Obviously they will charge a hefty sum but it is getting jolly boggy with the rain already and winter is only just starting.

Any advice gladly welcomed!! Thanks.
 
I'm sort of vaguely praying a MuckHeapFairy might take mine away.. :eek: - it's not too bad but needs pushing back badly now but ground is too wet - will have to get a plank and risk life and limb for a bit until it's dry and frosty and nextdoor can come and stack it for me..

Longterm.. I'm leaving it there until it mulches down and MrMushroomFarmer will come and take it away hopefully..
 
I have a 5 acre field and manage to loose my poopicking/mucking out around the edges of the field in the hedgerow. I've been loosing it that way for the last 7 years and so far so good.:)
 
I have a farmer that lets me take mine to his field. Then in 2 yrs time he speads it back into his field to fertilise it...:)

Can you not take it for your farmer instead of relying on him??
 
Thanks Tasel. I am in west sussex only about 15 miles from this. Have you used them yourself? I will check it out.
 
No, I haven't... but good to hear it is near you. Just saw it posted somewhere else though.

Might be worth checking with the local council, too... I know the Surrey one has a whole list of firms that do this.
 
I have got a footpath on one side and the road on the other then two other horse owners either side and they wouldn't be impressed if I stuck it through the hedge as they have enough muck of their own lol!

I can't take it to the farmer as I only have a polo ha ha. i will have to be more organised next year as a few of the local farmers will take it away for a price but by the time I had waited for my farmer then asked them it was too late. I will investigate the professional muck removers and check the prices.

Thanks for everyones replies and good ideas.
 
My muck heap at my last house was surrounded by corrugated sheeting on three sides..this I think heated the muck and encouraged it to rot down quickly.. at my new place the muck heap is just dumped and looks like a mountain..and it is definatlely not rotting down anything like the other one.

Another job on the job list..:)
 
YEP have to say I am lucky too, after being at my old place and having to hedgerow dump or various small piles , I will now have mine removed and hay and starw delivered when needed!!
 
We're a little bit naughty - we put ours on a big bonfire at the bottom of our yard area! It does rot down and all the straw burns away. We never have any problems with it and as long as the wind is in the right direction our neighbours don't mind. It never gets into a massive heap that way and keeps it under control without spending hundreds of pounds for a specialist company to remove.
 
at the yard where i keep jenny there is 2 muck heaps and when they begin to take over the JCB comes and takes it to the top field and keeps it there untill the YO muck spreads it on the fields.
 
Load up a trailer (non-horsey transport !) every week and drive it off to the local rubbish tip/recycling center -> "green" waste

Otherwise it's 2 trips with my 206, each time with 4 bins full of muck heap, weekly "production" for 2 horses ;)
 
We have friendly farmer with JCB who moves annual heap to XC field where after a couple of years it is virtually soil and we use it to make banks/steps etc, throw grass seed over and within a few weeks we have anew feature!


We do keep it very well stamped down when newish and only minimal shavings so it shrinks and mulches quickly.
 
The farmer who supplies our hay takes it each year to spread on his feild as fertiliser. It's pretty funny really because if you happen to drop a glove on the muck heap one year when the hay comes through the next you find it again:p (Happened recently!)
 
the farmer who supplies our hayledge does this for us this was in august and i will be paying for half when the bill does appear have had 3 orders from him with bills and have said to him about it but as of yet no bill:rolleyes:
 
We use ours on the garden, and the owner of the field has gardening friends who come and take what we don't need.

Stick an ad in your local shop, or get in touch with the local garden society or allotment club - t hey'll be delighted to come and take it away.
 
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