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Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • South Aberdeenshire
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2012, 07:22:02 pm »
Quote from: Anke on October 24, 2012, 02:29:15 pm
If you move to the countryside, you are quite likely to have an oil fred central heating system anyway.  A multi-fuel stove is a good add-on, and we have so far not used our central heating.

I've been to several houses where the solid fuel stove supplied all the central heating for an entire house, all the hot water - plus the cooking! They did have an electric kettle for when the need for a cuppa was urgent... ;D
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tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
    • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #46 on: October 25, 2012, 08:24:35 am »
So if in the spring and summer(should we ever have one ever again) you gather the golden nuggets and hang them up in old (sprout ,onion, carrot)nets so the air can circulate, they should be perfect for winter use, presumably cow frisbys are more difficult as they tend to be a lot wetter and require more sunshine.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #47 on: October 25, 2012, 09:11:43 am »
Quote from: tizaala on October 25, 2012, 08:24:35 am
So if in the spring and summer(should we ever have one ever again) you gather the golden nuggets and hang them up in old (sprout ,onion, carrot)nets so the air can circulate, they should be perfect for winter use, presumably cow frisbys are more difficult as they tend to be a lot wetter and require more sunshine.
Carrot nets is a stroke of genius :idea: Tiz

Cow frisbees harder to harvest...  :o
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littlelugs

  • Joined Aug 2011
    • carmarthenshire
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #48 on: October 25, 2012, 11:18:32 am »
Loving this thread, our house is solid fuel rayburn for cooking/ central heating etc. (although we do have an propane fuelled hob and electric oven also. In the summer its fine the rayburn doesnt get lit and we save money on fuel. However in the winter months it costs a fortune to keep the house warm so anything that can bulkout our fuel is a god send. Infact have started on a drying rack system in one of our unused sheds.!  :excited: :excited: :excited:
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Welshcob

  • Joined Jul 2012
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #49 on: October 25, 2012, 01:20:44 pm »
Has anybody seen the Channel 4 show with Kevin McCloud building his own little shed in the woods? it was called man made home or something. He looked into producing methane for his consumption on his land (a bit different from drying horse poo, I know, I bet he didn't think of that) - but I thought it could work too.

Of course you'd need a massive tub to put the poo in, and let it ferment long enough, but then you have methane all right. I'm sure it could be connected to any gas kitchen stove.
Little issue is, if there's a leak you might not be able to smell it (commercial gas has some smelly sulphur compound added to make it smell obvious in case of leaks) and that could be dangerous.

Much bigger issue is, apparently the best poo for that is carnivore poo! So the worst, evil foul smelling dog poo, cat poo, even people's would work. Kevin went to collect lion poo for his shed!
Now, who is going to volunteer for poo picking?!?  ::)
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • Telford
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #50 on: October 25, 2012, 02:50:31 pm »
I've been looking at goat manure with great excitement while reading this thread  :excited: .  Just been brought down to earth with a bump though when I remembered that we don't have an open fire.   :dunce: :(
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bangbang

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Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #51 on: October 25, 2012, 02:52:41 pm »
Could use it to fuel a BBQ... :innocent:
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ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Sutherland
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2012, 12:16:42 pm »
Noticed this thread yesterday and OH has already set up our first 'drying rack' in the wood shed - it is an old Zbed frame with chicken wire on top and a layer of horse poo. Very exciting :excited: but may take until spring to dry out ::) Have also ordered a briquette maker to see how that goes and will keep you updated!
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2012, 12:30:52 pm »
this has to be one of the best threads i have seen on TAS in ages for an idea thats simple obvious and could help lots of people save a bit on their fuel bills if it works!!!


if i ever get space i'll keep it in mind :-)
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Carl f k

  • Joined Aug 2012
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2012, 09:27:36 pm »
If you you tube it there's a bloke in USA who is making poo bricks for his fire so must work.. As usual we are 10 years behind the yanks again.. If you google it some country's it is illegal and some are burning elephant poo.. Try drying that in uk ha ha  :roflanim:
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • Telford
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #55 on: October 26, 2012, 10:17:03 pm »
It would last a long time though.   :roflanim:
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Carl f k

  • Joined Aug 2012
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #56 on: October 26, 2012, 10:51:58 pm »
 :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #57 on: October 27, 2012, 08:47:11 am »
Quote from: Bangbang on October 25, 2012, 02:52:41 pm
Could use it to fuel a BBQ... :innocent:

I was about to ask, would it be ok on a barbeque. I am surrounded by horses and I'm sure their owners would love me to collect their offerings.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #58 on: October 27, 2012, 08:51:55 am »
Some people (not any of us, of course  ;)) might be a bit discomfitted by the idea of smoke from horse poo wafting around their burgers...  :D
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Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: horse manure as fuel.
« Reply #59 on: October 27, 2012, 08:55:11 am »
Might be the new thing, Sally. What could it be called? Au Cheval? With Horse Chestnuts? ;D ;D ;D
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