Demonstration Farm

Beyond Paradise Farm

Monroe, WA

These are the 3 large manure bins we built. The one to the right is already full and composting, the middle one is in use and the left one is empty.	We installed gutters on the barn to keep the rain water away from our paddocks, keep it clean and drain it away from the horse areas.	Please note the big gravel in front of our paddocks, they hide a French drain that drains rainwater off of our property into the woods were it can return clean into the water cycle. Under the hogfuel is a 8 to 11 inch layer of 5/8 minus gravel followed by a layer of geo fabric (the stuff they put under road beds to keep them from being washed away) and under the fabric is a layer of 8 to 10 inch rock to bind the loamy ground the paddocks are on and better facilitate water drainage.	We rented a manure spreader and spread our composted manure onto the pastures. The horses are off the pastures now until next spring.