BN>be the perfect place to dump the waste from the barn.  Since last June,
BN>however, the pile has gotten so large that we're going to have to rent,
CG> Consider adverting it it in your local paper. You might be 
CG> suprised at how many early-spring gardeners would pay you for the 
CG> privilege of carting it away. My commission is 5%, as usual 
CG> (vbg!)
    We've thought of something similar.  The problem with your idea is that 
we live in a rural area (we have 18 acres ourselves with apx. 10 planted with 
clover hay) and there's no shortage of dairy cows, beef cows, chickens and 
a variety of 4-H projects that are all producing the same by-products we are 
now stockpiling. 
    What we've thought of doing is bagging the sh... (er) ...tuff and carting 
it to the Farmer's Market in the cities to sell to those who shop there.  We 
could market it as organic and it would sell like hot cakes.  Of course then 
there's the expense of bagging it, but that might be a good way to recycle 
the 50# feed sacks that we go through at least two of a week. (2 horses each 
use a bag a week, 8 goats together go through a bag every 1 - 2 weeks, 40 
chickens and 9 guinnea hens go through 4 bags every 2 - 3 weeks, not to 
mention assorted dogs and cats which generate bags as well.)
    We try to use things in an efficient way so twine from bales gets reused 
(though we now have a life time supply) to tie packages, left over scraps of 
wood become patches and bonfire material, lawn clippings become mulch, etc.,
etc.  Living out here, recycling isn't just a way of life, it's a necessity.  
It gets too expensive to pay the bills to throw everything away.
        Byrd Mann
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