An interesting fact, shavings for horse bedding are specifically created by shredding wood, they're not a by-product of sawmills.
They rot down well for compost?About £9 a bag
Then a few days later they end up here
Yes, I took some logs to the sawmill, and some were black walnut.That'll be so they can control which woods are in it.
A joinery place could be a fair old mixture.
Not really. The wood takes ages to really rot. A number of farmers wont take them if in too greater quantity.They rot down well for compost?
We use the wood pellet horse bedding. Breaks down far quicker in to compost, less volume to shovel out too!Not really. The wood takes ages to really rot. A number of farmers wont take them if in too greater quantity.
If you give it time, it can make a reasonable compost but needs a lot longer than you think.
Are pellets finer than shavings and then bound together somehow? I seem to recall they are more powder like when they get wet than shavings are.We use the wood pellet horse bedding. Breaks down far quicker in to compost, less volume to shovel out too!
Yes they are biomass boiler pellets, dry and ready to burn. You wet them and they expand like cat litter. The poo lifts fairly easily off the top if required. You just top up as required. Straw creates far far too much volume, and is heavy to shovel out. But it does rot down well.Are pellets finer than shavings and then bound together somehow? I seem to recall they are more powder like when they get wet than shavings are.
My other half uses straw which rots as you would expect but the others using the stables use all sorts. Luckily my neighbour has a lot of land and the little amount we produce doesnt bother him so i tip a full trailer up at his every few weeks and it all gets ploughed in a few times a year.